Accession Number:

AD0832513

Title:

NON-COPLANAR TRANSFER FROM ELLIPTIC AND HYPERBOLIC ORBITS,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

Personal Author(s):

• Bielkowicz, P.

Report Date:

1966-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

18.0

Abstract:

The following problem is considered in this paper. A vehicle is approaching a planet in a hyperbolic or elliptic planetocentric orbit lying in an arbitrary plane defined by Omega sub 1 and i sub 1. It should be transferred into an elliptic or hyperbolic orbit in another given plane defined by Omega sub 2 and i sub 2. The methods presented here show how to find the rectangular equatorial or ecliptic coordinates x, y, z of the transfer point. The obtained solution is given in the form adapted for the substitution of numerical values. Two methods have been analyzed. Author

Descriptors:

• (*TRANSFER TRAJECTORIES
• PROBLEM SOLVING)
• SPACECRAFT
• GEOMETRY
• ELLIPTICAL ORBIT TRAJECTORIES
• NUMERICAL METHODS AND PROCEDURES
• TRANSCENDENTAL FUNCTIONS

Subject Categories:

• Guided Missile Trajectories, Accuracy and Ballistics
• Spacecraft Trajectories and Reentry

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE