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| Author(s): |
Domingos, R. C.
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Prado, A. F. B. A.
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Gomes, V. M.
Total Authors: 3
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | MATHEMATICAL PROBLEMS IN ENGINEERING; v. 2014, p. 15-pg., 2014-01-01. |
| Abstract | |
The fuel consumption required by the orbital maneuvers when correcting perturbations on the orbit of a spacecraft due to a perturbing body was estimated. The main goals are the measurement of the influence of the eccentricity of the perturbing body on the fuel consumption required by the station keeping maneuvers and the validation of the averaged methods when applied to the problem of predicting orbital maneuvers. To study the evolution of the orbits, the restricted elliptic three-body problem and the single- and double-averaged models are used. Maneuvers are made by using impulsive and low thrust maneuvers. The results indicated that the averaged models are good to make predictions for the orbital maneuvers when the spacecraft is in a high inclined orbit. The eccentricity of the perturbing body plays an important role in increasing the effects of the perturbation and the fuel consumption required for the station keeping maneuvers. It is shown that the use of more frequent maneuvers decreases the annual cost of the station keeping to correct the orbit of a spacecraft. An example of an eccentric planetary system of importance to apply the present study is the dwarf planet Haumea and its moons, one of them in an eccentric orbit. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 11/13101-4 - Study of orbital maneuvers to escape from collisions for a spacecraft and a group of particles |
| Grantee: | Vivian Martins Gomes |
| Support Opportunities: | Research Grants - Young Investigators Grants |
| FAPESP's process: | 12/21023-6 - Artificial satellite dynamics |
| Grantee: | Rodolpho Vilhena de Moraes |
| Support Opportunities: | Research Projects - Thematic Grants |
| FAPESP's process: | 11/09310-7 - Orbital study of the motion of spacecrafts |
| Grantee: | Antônio Fernando Bertachini de Almeida Prado |
| Support Opportunities: | Regular Research Grants |
| FAPESP's process: | 11/08171-3 - Orbital dynamics of minor bodies |
| Grantee: | Othon Cabo Winter |
| Support Opportunities: | Research Projects - Thematic Grants |