Optimal trajectory generation for multiple asteroid rendezvous

This thesis is focused on solving one component of the proposed problem in the Global Trajectory Optimization Competition released by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in late 2006. The goal is to find an optimal spacecraft trajectory to rendezvous with an asteroid in a group of asteroids. The analys...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Koeppel, David M.
Other Authors: Ross, I. Michael
Published: Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10945/3461