Search Results - "Laipert, Frank E."
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Neural network optimal control in astrodynamics: Application to the missed thrust problem
Published in Acta astronautica (01-11-2020)“…While high-efficiency propulsion techniques are enabling new mission concepts in deep space exploration, their limited thrust capabilities necessitate long…”
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Low-thrust trajectories for human missions to Ceres
Published in Acta astronautica (01-02-2014)“…A low-thrust trajectory design study is performed for a mission to send humans to Ceres and back. The flight times are constrained to 270 days for each leg,…”
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Designing trajectories resilient to missed thrust events using expected thrust fraction
Published in Aerospace science and technology (01-08-2021)“…With the adoption of efficient low-thrust propulsion methods, the probability of a missed thrust event occurring has become a significant concern for short and…”
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Successful kinetic impact into an asteroid for planetary defence
Published in Nature (London) (20-04-2023)“…Although no known asteroid poses a threat to Earth for at least the next century, the catalogue of near-Earth asteroids is incomplete for objects whose impacts…”
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Design of low-thrust missions to asteroids with analysis of the missed-thrust problem
Published 01-01-2015“…Small bodies in the Solar System, such as asteroids and dwarf planets, are ideal targets for electric propulsion missions because of the high delta-V required…”
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Design of low-thrust missions to asteroids with analysis of the missed-thrust problem
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