Accession Number:
AD0276685
Title:
TWO-IMPULSE TRANSFER VERSUS ONE-IMPULSE TRANSFER-ANALYTIC THEORY
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Corporate Author:
SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT CORP SANTA MONICA CALIF
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Report Date:
1962-03-01
Pagination or Media Count:
1.0
Abstract:
A mathematical proof is presented that if two coplanar elliptical orbits with a common focus intersect for some orientations, the optimum one-impulse transfer between the two orbits is still inferior to the two-impulse Hohmann transfer. This result was conjectured by Ting ARS Journ Vol. 301013-1018, 1960, but the present paper presents the first mathematical proof. Author