@inproceedings{95280e6ead2f484a8c60df65f8f5698e,
title = "Minimum-Time Trajectory Planning for Aeroassisted Maneuver Under Path Constraints",
abstract = "Aeroassist maneuvers offer significant fuel-saving advantages in planetary exploration orbital transfers. Multi-pass aeroassist can enhance maneuverability while reducing thermal protection costs. This paper addresses the minimum-time transfer for multi-pass aeroassisted maneuvers by formulating an optimal control problem with path constraints. Analyzing the characteristics of the minimum-time transfer trajectory yields the conditions necessary for the spacecraft's minimum transfer time. Then, a bisection-based rapid trajectory generation strategy is introduced, iteratively shooting the peak heating rate each pass to precisely activate path constraints, achieving the minimum time of entire maneuver. Simulations quantify the relationship between peak heating rate and atmospheric entry orbit size. Minimum transfer times and passes for varied path constraints were determined via simulation.",
keywords = "Aeroassisted maneuver, Multi-pass, Trajectory Planning",
author = "Xiangdong Feng and Hongwei Han and Ruifeng Lv",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2025.; International Conference on Guidance, Navigation and Control, ICGNC 2024 ; Conference date: 09-08-2024 Through 11-08-2024",
year = "2025",
doi = "10.1007/978-981-96-2240-5\_26",
language = "English",
isbn = "9789819622399",
series = "Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering",
publisher = "Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH",
pages = "258--268",
editor = "Liang Yan and Haibin Duan and Yimin Deng",
booktitle = "Advances in Guidance, Navigation and Control - Proceedings of 2024 International Conference on Guidance, Navigation and Control Volume 11",
address = "Germany",
}