Research Article
Low-Thrust Orbital Transfers in the Two-Body Problem
Table 1
Comparison of the solutions to the original and linearized problems.
| Transfer duration in periods of the initial orbit | Solution to the | Solution to the | Difference, % | original problem | linearized problem | No. of complete orbits | | No. of complete orbits | |
| 20 | 9 | | 8 | | 4,1 | 40 | 18 | | 16 | | 3,9 | 100 | 46 | | 42 | | 4.0 | 200 | 93 | | 84 | | 3.9 |
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