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Contents

  1. Low Thrust Orbital Rendezvous

  2. Orbital Collision with J2 Perturbation

  3. Hohmann Transfer Teaching Aid

Low Thrust Orbital Rendezvous

Using model predictive control, calculate an optimal low thrust maneuver to intercept a full Cartesian state after a given time of flight. Implemented with GEKKO and poliastro.

Simulation

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Control

Trajectory

Visualization

Simulation

Simulate an orbital collision by randomizing imparted velocities from an incoming object.

Orbital Collision with J2 Perturbation

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Visualization

Develop a Hohmann transfer visualization for an introductory space flight mechanics course programmatically

Teaching Aids

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Simulation

Visualization

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