TY - JOUR
T1 - Evolutionary search for deep-space science mission orbits
AU - Gurfil, Pini
AU - Kasdin, N. Jeremy
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments The contribution of the first author was partially supported by the Center for Absorption in Science, State of Israel. The contribution of the second author was supported by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, NASA. The authors thank Ed Belbruno for his help with the FAST code.
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - We present an application of an evolutionary programming method, niching genetic algorithms, to the search for orbits in the spatial elliptic restricted three-body problem (ER3BP) that is suitable for deep-space science missions. The niching method used is deterministic crowding, which renders a global optimization while permitting for several optimal and suboptimal solutions to coexist. This novel approach yields diverse probing of the state space of the ER3BP. From the practical standpoint, the orbits found remain within a bounded distance from Earth, thus allowing high data-rate communication while ensuring safe operational environment, far from thermal perturbations and visual occultation as well as Earth's magnetic and radiation fields.
AB - We present an application of an evolutionary programming method, niching genetic algorithms, to the search for orbits in the spatial elliptic restricted three-body problem (ER3BP) that is suitable for deep-space science missions. The niching method used is deterministic crowding, which renders a global optimization while permitting for several optimal and suboptimal solutions to coexist. This novel approach yields diverse probing of the state space of the ER3BP. From the practical standpoint, the orbits found remain within a bounded distance from Earth, thus allowing high data-rate communication while ensuring safe operational environment, far from thermal perturbations and visual occultation as well as Earth's magnetic and radiation fields.
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U2 - 10.2514/1.14109
DO - 10.2514/1.14109
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33645564212
VL - 29
SP - 332
EP - 341
JO - Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics
JF - Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics
SN - 0731-5090
IS - 2
ER -