On the characteristics of optimal transfers

In the past 50 years the scientists have been developing and analysing methods and new algorithms that optimise an interplanetary trajectory according to one or more objectives. Within this field, in 1963 Lawden derived, from Pontryagin's minimum principle, the so-called `primer vector theory&#...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Iorfida, E.
Other Authors: Palmer, P. L. ; Roberts, M.
Published: University of Surrey 2017
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.707310