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Onley, A. G.

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Optimum Multi-Impulse Rendezvous Program

OMIRPROGRAM determines optimal n-impulse rendezvous trajectories under the restrictions of two-body motion in free space. Lawden's primer vector theory is applied to determine optimum number of midcourse impulse applications. Global optimality is not guaranteed.

Glandorf, D. R.