Optimal Spacecraft Trajectories

Description

This graduate textbook on optimal spacecraft trajectories demonstrates the theory and applications of using the minimum amount of propellant possible to reach a target destination. The author aims to produce the only comprehensive treatment of various aspects of this topic. It includes problems at the ends of the chapters and some of the appendices. But it is also suitable as a scholarly reference book as it includes recent research from the author and his colleagues. Title_Pages Preface Introduction Parameter_Optimization Rocket_Trajectories Optimal_Control_Theory Optimal_Trajectories Improving_a_Nonoptimal_Impulsive_Trajectory ContinuousThrust_Trajectories Cooperative_Rendezvous SecondOrder_Conditions Appendix_A_Lagrange_Multiplier_Interpretation Appendix_B_Hohmann_Transfer Refrence (p.110) References John E. Prussing (p.110) References John E. Prussing Appendix_C_Optimal_Impulsive_Linear_Systems RefrenceB References John E. Prussing References John E. Prussing Appendix_D_Linear_System_Theory RefD References John E. Prussing References John E. Prussing Appendix_E_Maximum_Range_Using_Continuous_Thrust_in_a_Uniform_Gravitational_Field RefE References John E. Prussing References John E. Prussing Appendix_F_Quadratic_Forms Appendix_G_Simple_Conjugate_Point_Example RefG References John E. Prussing References John E. Prussing Index