guidance, flight mechanics and trajectory optimization
guidance, flight mechanics and trajectory optimization
guidance, flight mechanics and trajectory optimization
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LIST OF FREQUENTLY USED SYMBOLS<br />
acceleration magnitude (of thrust)<br />
sernimajor axis of target orbit<br />
eccentricity<br />
eccentric anomaly<br />
force or control vector<br />
fundamental matrix<br />
transition matrix<br />
angular momentum<br />
Hamiltonian<br />
switching function<br />
mass<br />
mean anomaly<br />
mean motion<br />
semilatus rectum<br />
co-state variable<br />
unit vectors centered at target vehicle describing an inertial<br />
reference<br />
radius vector from attracting body to rendezvous vehicle<br />
radius vector from attracting body to target vehicle<br />
components of cylindrical coordinate system centered at target<br />
vehicle<br />
time<br />
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