An efficient indirect method is presented to determine fuel-optimal many-revolution low-thrust transfers in presence of Earth-shadow eclipses. Specifically, the events of shadow entrance and exit are modelled as interior-point constraints. Following the observation that an ill-conditioned state transition matrix may occur when the spacecraft flies over the edge of the shadow, a two-level continuation scheme is introduced to generate many-revolution trajectories. The established computational framework integrates analytic derivatives, switching detection and continuation with an augmented flowchart, which yields discontinuous bang-bang solutions and their gradients. Transfers from a geostationary transfer orbit to a geostationary orbit are simulated to illustrate the effectiveness and efficiency of the method developed.

Indirect Optimization of Fuel-Optimal Many-Revolution Low-Thrust Transfers With Eclipses

Wang, Yang;Topputo, Francesco
2023-01-01

Abstract

An efficient indirect method is presented to determine fuel-optimal many-revolution low-thrust transfers in presence of Earth-shadow eclipses. Specifically, the events of shadow entrance and exit are modelled as interior-point constraints. Following the observation that an ill-conditioned state transition matrix may occur when the spacecraft flies over the edge of the shadow, a two-level continuation scheme is introduced to generate many-revolution trajectories. The established computational framework integrates analytic derivatives, switching detection and continuation with an augmented flowchart, which yields discontinuous bang-bang solutions and their gradients. Transfers from a geostationary transfer orbit to a geostationary orbit are simulated to illustrate the effectiveness and efficiency of the method developed.
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