<p>An efficient new framework for automating the search for multiple-body high-fidelity pump-down tours is presented. An existing pathfinding method for same-body transfer sequences is extended to include inter-moon transfers in patched conics. A separate algorithm analyzes each multiple-body sequence to determine how many legs can be efficiently converted to high-fidelity and optimized. The sequences are pruned, and patched conics searches are repeated from the terminal conditions of the high-fidelity trajectories. Frequent corrections in the high-fidelity model allow the optimization scheme to exploit, rather than fight, the high-fidelity perturbations. The process is automated and returns a Pareto optimal trade space of high-fidelity multiple-body pump-down tours. The method is used to create integrated trajectories starting at Titan arrival conditions and terminating with capture at Enceladus. The resulting Pareto front ranges from 900-1030 days time of flight and 410-550 m/s <InlineEquation ID="IEq1"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">\(\Delta v\)</EquationSource> <EquationSource Format="MATHML"><math> <mrow> <mi mathvariant="normal">Δ</mi> <mi>v</mi> </mrow> </math></EquationSource> </InlineEquation>, and leads to a compelling case for sending an orbiter to Enceladus.</p>

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Automation of High-Fidelity Pump-Down Flyby Tours at Saturn

  • William Brandenburg,
  • Ryan P. Russell,
  • Matthew Shaw

摘要

An efficient new framework for automating the search for multiple-body high-fidelity pump-down tours is presented. An existing pathfinding method for same-body transfer sequences is extended to include inter-moon transfers in patched conics. A separate algorithm analyzes each multiple-body sequence to determine how many legs can be efficiently converted to high-fidelity and optimized. The sequences are pruned, and patched conics searches are repeated from the terminal conditions of the high-fidelity trajectories. Frequent corrections in the high-fidelity model allow the optimization scheme to exploit, rather than fight, the high-fidelity perturbations. The process is automated and returns a Pareto optimal trade space of high-fidelity multiple-body pump-down tours. The method is used to create integrated trajectories starting at Titan arrival conditions and terminating with capture at Enceladus. The resulting Pareto front ranges from 900-1030 days time of flight and 410-550 m/s \(\Delta v\) Δ v , and leads to a compelling case for sending an orbiter to Enceladus.