AN APPLICATION OF DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING TO THE DETERMINATION OF OPTIMAL SATELLITE TRAJECTORIES,

摘要

Consideration is given to a simplified satellite trajectory problem,corresponding to a flat earth assumption,first treated by Okhotsimskii and Eneev. A numerical solution is presented based upon the functional equation technique of dynamic programming. A proof of the fundamental result in the analytic solution is given. The same computational approach can be applied to more realistic trajectory problems. (Author)