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functions. In this problem, only impulsive maneuvers were considered, <strong>and</strong> a multirevolution<br />

Lambert algorithm was used to compute the required ∆V to transfer between<br />

two orbits <strong>for</strong> a specified time of flight. The genetic algorithm was then used to<br />

determine the following <strong>global</strong> <strong>design</strong> variables: tour order, initial departure time, flight<br />

time between each target satellite, <strong>and</strong> stay time at each target. This <strong>for</strong>mulation was<br />

applied to several different target satellite configurations, with up to six target satellites.<br />

Figure 7 plots the resulting Pareto frontier <strong>for</strong> six target satellites in six different orbit<br />

planes separated by one degree each. For this test case, the optimal tour order <strong>and</strong><br />

corresponding time variables were successfully found by the genetic algorithm <strong>for</strong> all<br />

three r<strong>and</strong>om initial populations considered. For some of the other test cases, however,<br />

the genetic algorithm would prematurely converge to a sub-optimal tour order depending<br />

on the initial population.<br />

Figure 7: Pareto frontier <strong>for</strong> satellite rendezvous problem with six targets. 71<br />

Wall <strong>and</strong> Conway posed the optimal control problem as a motorized traveling<br />

salesman problem, where the salesman drives a car with two bounded controls: steering<br />

angle velocity <strong>and</strong> acceleration. 72<br />

As in the original TSP, the salesman must still visit<br />

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