Optimal Spacecraft Trajectories

by John E. Prussing

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198811114
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	02/21/2018
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	9.10(w) x 6.10(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

John Prussing, Professor Emeritus of Aerospace Engineering, University of Illinois

John Prussing is Professor Emeritus of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Illnois at Urbana-Champaign. He holds a SB, SM and a ScD in 1967 in aerospace engineering all from MIT, and served as professor of aerospace engineering between 1969 and 2007, and continues to teach part time, including short courses at NASA. He has published over 80 articles and has authored/co-authored three books.

Table of Contents

1. Parameter Optimization2. Rocket Trajectories3. Optimal Control Theory4. Optimal Trajectories5. Improving a Nonoptimal Impulsive Trajectories6. Continuous-Thrust Trajectories7. Cooperative Rendezvous8. Second Order ConditionsA. Lagrange Multiplier InterpretationB. Hohmann TransferC. Optimal Impulsive Linear SystemsD. Linear System TheoryE. Maximum Range Using Continuous Thrust in a Uniform Gravitational FieldF. Quadratic FormsG. Simple Conjugate Point Example