Low-Thrust Forbidden Region

Author: Tianjiang Shuo

Website: https://cislunarspace.cn

Definition

Regions that bound low-thrust motion at a specific low-thrust Hamiltonian value, analogous to natural CR3BP forbidden regions, supplying minimum energy requirements for transit.

Application Value

在设计地月转移方案时，利用该轨道特性可降低任务总速度增量需求。对于大质量航天器的长时间转移，该推进方式可大幅降低推进剂消耗。

Related Concepts

• Hill Sphere Radius
• Pseudospectral Convex Optimization
• Poincaré Map Representation
• Minimum Norm Targeting

References

• Cox 等 - 2021