MISSION ANALYSIS PROGRAM FOR SOLAR ELECTRIC PROPULSION (MAPSEP) VOLUME I - ANALYTICAL MANUAL FOR EARTH ORBITAL MAPSEP

摘要

This document is the first of three volumes. Contained herein is a brief introduction to MAPSEP organization and detailed analyti¬cal descriptions of all models and algorithms. These include, for example, trajectory and error covariance propagation methods, orbit determination processes, thrust modeling and trajectory correction (guidance) schemes. This analytic background is necessary to fully understand program operation and to maximize program capability with respect to the user.nThe second volume is a description of program usage, is, input, output, recommended operating procedures and sample cases. The third volume is a detailed description of internal MAPSEP struc¬ture including macrologic, variable definition, subroutines and logi¬cal flow.