Efficient trajectory design for distant planetary orbiters

Abstract

Starting from the Hamiltonian representation of the dynamics in \cite{rosengren2015chaos,colombo2019long}, this work proposes an innovative procedure to design fully-analytical maneuvers for post-mission disposal of HEOs satellites, exploiting the third-body perturbations. The Hamiltonian representation has been selected to include the external perturbing effects and to obtain a phase space representation. Notably, the orbit evolution can be described through the variation of double-averaged orbital elements over the orbital periods of the spacecraft and the perturbing bodies around the central planet. this work conveys a two-dimensional Hamiltonian representation under the third-body perturbations and the central planet's oblateness. The effect of solar radiation pressure has been neglected in this analysis.