Solar sailing Apophis rendezvous mission with fuel-fixed delta-v

Xiangyuan Zeng, Jing He, Junfeng Li, Shengping Gong, Xingshan Caf, Zhiguo Zhang

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Abstract

The subject of this paper is the trajectory design and optimization for Apophis rendezvous missions by using solar sailing. An ideally reflective sail model is utilized in the two body dynamic equations. Hyperbolic excess velocities at the departure and rendezvous points are considered with a fixed maximum magnitude. The time optimal control problem is solved by using an indirect method yielding a two point boundary value problem. Numerical examples and discussions are presented for a near term realistic solar sail in a characteristic acceleration of 1 mm/s2. The highest impulsive velocity is no more than 5 km/s. The effect of departure excess velocities, arrival velocities and their combinations are investigated in a parametric way. The time optimal trajectories are studied with different impulsive velocities with launch windows after January 1, 2013 in a synodic period of the Earth and Apophis.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances In The Astronautical Sciences
EditorsDonald L. Mackison, Ossama Abdelkhalik, Roby S. Wilson, Renato Zanetti
PublisherUnivelt Inc.
Pages2043-2054
Number of pages12
ISBN (Electronic)9780877036111
Publication statusPublished - 2014
Externally publishedYes
Event24th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, 2014 - Mexico, United States
Duration: 26 Jan 201430 Jan 2014

Publication series

NameAdvances in the Astronautical Sciences
Volume152
ISSN (Print)0065-3438

Conference

Conference24th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, 2014
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityMexico
Period26/01/1430/01/14

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