Coplanar multi-turn rendezvous in near-circular orbit using a low-thrust engine
Journal: RUDN Journal of Engineering Researches
Year: 2022

The authors describe an algorithm that allows calculating the parameters of maneuvers performed on several turns by the low-thrust engine, which ensure the flight of the active spacecraft to the specified vicinity of the target space object. The movement takes place in the vicinity of a circular orbit. Linearized equations of motion are used in solving the problem. The influence of the non-centrality of the gravitational field and the atmosphere is not taken into account. The determination of ma