A Tool for Identifying Key Gravity Assist Trajectories from Broad Search
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James W Moore
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A Tool For Identifying Key Gravity-Assist Trajectories From Broad Search Results
A tool is presented that identifies desirable trajectory candidates from among tens of thousands of gravity-assist trajectories. A broad trajectory search technique creates an exhaustive set of possible trajectories to a given planet. From this dataset, our tool reveals candidate trajectories with user-defined characteristics. Typical discriminating characteristics are launch V-infinity, time-of-flight, and delivered mass. Mission planners evaluate and plot interesting trajectories from within the tool. Our tool generates catalogs of selected trajectories for further evaluation with higher-fidelity trajectory solvers. This paper outlines the key features of the tool and gives examples of typical analyses.
uranus, interplanetary↗