Solution for Nonlinear Three-Dimensional Intercept Problem with Minimum Energy

Table 1

Numerically computed transfer orbits.

Transfer orbit	𝑣𝑥,𝑣𝑦^𝑇 (km/s)	Δ𝑣 (km/s)	Time (sec)
Hohmann	[10.9353,0]^𝑇	0.9528	1759.3
Case  1	[10.8784,0.8351]^𝑇	1.2248	1943.3
Case  2	[10.8440,−1.0574]^𝑇	1.3639	1479.0
Case  3	[10.3372,−2.6878]^𝑇	2.7111	1063.9