Affiliation:
1. School of Astronautics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
Abstract
This paper presents a method to use the Bezier curve to rapidly generate three-dimensional low-thrust trajectories, which can provide a suitable initial approximation to be used for more accurate trajectory optimal control tools. Two missions, from Earth to Mars and the asteroid Dionysus, are considered to evaluate the performance of the method. In order to verify the advantages of this method, it is compared with the finite Fourier series method. Numerical results show that the Bezier method can get better performance index in shorter computation time compared with the finite Fourier series method. The applicability of the solution obtained by Bezier method is evaluated by introducing the obtained solution into the Gauss pseudospectral method as an initial guess. The simulation results show that the Bezier method can rapidly generate a very suitable three-dimensional initial trajectory for the optimal solver. This is very important for rapid evaluation of the feasibility of a large number of low-thrust flight schemes in the preliminary mission design stage.
Funder
innovation fund of Harbin Institute of Technology
National Natural Science Foundation of China
China Postdoctoral Science Foundation
Heilongjiang Postdoctoral Fund
Innovation Fund of the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology
Subject
Mechanical Engineering,Aerospace Engineering
Cited by
6 articles.
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