We build upon some new ideas in direct transcription methods developed within the Advanced Concepts Team to introduce two improvements to the Sims-Flanagan transcription for low-thrust trajectories. The obtained new algorithm is able to produce an operational trajectory accounting for the real spacecraft dynamics and adapting the segment duration on-line improving the final trajectory optimality.
@article{arxiv.1004.4539,
title = {Towards a High Fidelity Direct Transcription Method for Optimisation of Low-Thrust Trajectories},
author = {Chit Hong Yam and Dario Izzo and Francesco Biscani},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1004.4539},
year = {2010}
}
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To be presented at the 4th International Conference on Astrodynamics Tools and Techniques.