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Optimal Maneuvers with Bounded Inputs

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Spacecraft engines can generate only limited thrust magnitudes. This implies that the acceleration inputs in space navigation must necessarily be bounded. The trajectory optimization must therefore be performed taking bounded inputs into account. As discussed in the earlier chapters, the nature of optimal trajectories with bounded acceleration inputs can be classified as either impulsive thrust or continuous thrust maneuvers.

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Tewari, A. (2019). Optimal Maneuvers with Bounded Inputs. In: Optimal Space Flight Navigation. Control Engineering. Birkhäuser, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03789-5_5

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