@inproceedings{19c439bc0ba142768500aec178a29240,
title = "TO URANUS WITH LOW THRUST AND GRAVITY ASSIST",
abstract = "Our knowledge about Uranus and its moons is scarce. To gain insight into the features of this planet and its satellites, an exploration mission is needed. Uranus axial tilt of 98⁰ requires a prohibitive amount of propellant for insertion into an equatorial orbit. To minimize the cost of the orbit insertion maneuver, a combination of low thrust (LT) propulsion and gravity assist (GA) at Jupiter is explored. GA is applied at Jupiter en route to Uranus followed by a LT control strategy that reduces the inclination of the relative velocity respect to Uranus{\textquoteright} equator. Preliminary results show that it is possible to eliminate the plane-change maneuver upon arrival at Uranus at the cost of longer transfer time.",
author = "Burhani, {Burhani M.} and {Le Roux}, {Roberto Maurice Flores} and Elena Fantino",
note = "Funding Information: This work has been supported by Khalifa University of Science and Technology{\textquoteright}s internal grants FSU-2018-07 and CIRA-2018-85. R. Flores also acknowledges financial support from the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, through the {"}Severo Ochoa Programme for Centres of Excellence in R&D{"} (CEX2018-000797-S). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021, Univelt Inc. All rights reserved.; AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, 2020 ; Conference date: 09-08-2020 Through 12-08-2020",
year = "2021",
language = "British English",
isbn = "9780877036753",
series = "Advances in the Astronautical Sciences",
publisher = "Univelt Inc.",
pages = "5287--5298",
editor = "Wilson, {Roby S.} and Jinjun Shan and Howell, {Kathleen C.} and Hoots, {Felix R.}",
booktitle = "ASTRODYNAMICS 2020",
address = "United States",
}