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Optimal Starting Conditions for the Rendezvous Maneuver, Part 2: Mathematical Programming Approach

Angelo MieleMarco Ciarcià

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Mathematical optimizationControl and OptimizationControl theoryApplied MathematicsRelative motionTheory of computationOptimal trajectoryRendezvousManagement Science and Operations ResearchOrbit (control theory)Optimal controlMathematics

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In a companion paper (Part 1, J. Optim. Theory Appl. 137(3), [2008]), we determined the optimal starting conditions for the rendezvous maneuver using an optimal control approach. In this paper, we study the same problem with a mathematical programming approach.

http://hdl.handle.net/10447/26454