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$L^1$-optimality conditions for circular restricted three-body problems

Optimization and Control 2016-06-22 v2

Abstract

In this paper, the L1-minimization for the translational motion of a spacecraft in a circular restricted three-body problem (CRTBP) is considered. Necessary con- ditions are derived by using the Pontryagin Maximum Principle, revealing the existence of bang-bang and singular controls. Singular extremals are detailed, re- calling the existence of the Fuller phenomena according to the theories developed by Marchal in Ref. [14] and Zelikin et al. in Refs. [12, 13]. The sufficient opti- mality conditions for the L1-minimization problem with fixed endpoints have been solved in Ref. [22]. In this paper, through constructing a parameterised family of extremals, some second-order sufficient conditions are established not only for the case that the final point is fixed but also for the case that the final point lies on a smooth submanifold. In addition, the numerical implementation for the optimality conditions is presented. Finally, approximating the Earth-Moon-Spacecraft system as a CRTBP, an L1-minimization trajectory for the translational motion of a spacecraft is computed by employing a combination of a shooting method with a continuation method of Caillau et al. in Refs. [4, 5], and the local optimality of the computed trajectory is tested thanks to the second-order optimality conditions established in this paper.

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@article{arxiv.1511.01816,
  title  = {$L^1$-optimality conditions for circular restricted three-body problems},
  author = {Zheng Chen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1511.01816},
  year   = {2016}
}
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