A historical review of the theory of gravity-assists in the pre-spaceflight era

RB Negri, AFBA Prado - Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical …, 2020 - Springer
The gravity-assist manoeuvre is a technique in which a spacecraft changes its orbital energy
and angular momentum by a close-approach with a celestial body. The result is a great …

Expansion of landing areas on the Venus surface using resonant orbits in the Venera-D project

N Eismont, V Zubko, A Belyaev, K Fedyaev, L Zasova… - Acta Astronautica, 2022 - Elsevier
A problem of determining attainable landing sites on the surface of Venus is an essential
part of the Venera-D project aimed to explore the planet using a lander. This problem …

Analysis of mission opportunities to Sedna in 2029–2034

VA Zubko, AA Sukhanov, KS Fedyaev… - Advances in Space …, 2021 - Elsevier
The article focuses on trajectory design to the trans-Neptunian object (90377) Sedna for
launch in 2029–2034. Sedna is currently moving to the perihelion at a distance of around 74 …

A method for constructing an interplanetary trajectory of a spacecraft to Venus using resonant orbits to ensure landing in the desired region

VA Zubko, NA Eismont, KS Fedyaev… - Advances in Space …, 2023 - Elsevier
A problem of constructing the trajectory of a spacecraft flight to Venus within the framework
of a mission including landing of a lander in a given region of the planet's surface is being …

Lunar gravity assists using patched-conics approximation, three and four body problems

RB Negri, A Sukhanov… - Advances in Space …, 2019 - Elsevier
The gravity assist is a maneuver greatly applied to space missions, with the main goal of
giving or removing energy of a spacecraft through a passage near a celestial body. The …

A numerical study of powered Swing-Bys around the Moon

AF da Silva Ferreira, AFBA Prado, OC Winter - Advances in Space …, 2015 - Elsevier
The present research studies Swing-By maneuvers combined with the application of an
impulse at the spacecraft periapsis passage. The studies were made for different values of …

The fastest routes of approach to dwarf planet Sedna for study its surface and composition at the close range

V Zubko - Acta Astronautica, 2022 - Elsevier
Current research focuses on designing fast trajectories to the trans-Neptunian object
(TNO)(90377) Sedna to study the surface and composition from a close range. Studying …

[PDF][PDF] A methodology for robust optimization of low-thrust trajectories in multi-body environments

G Lantoine, RP Russell - 2010 - comet-cnes.fr
Interplanetary space travel has played an important role in the development of our
knowledge of the solar system. For decades, probes have been sent in various destinations …

Studying the errors in the estimation of the variation of energy by the “patched-conics” model in the three-dimensional swing-by

RB Negri, AFBA Prado, A Sukhanov - Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical …, 2017 - Springer
The swing-by maneuver is a technique used to change the energy of a spacecraft by using a
close approach in a celestial body. This procedure was used many times in real missions …

Analysis of optimal flight trajectories to the trans-Neptunian object (90377) Sedna

VA Zubko, AA Sukhanov, KS Fedyaev, VV Koryanov… - Astronomy Letters, 2021 - Springer
We present the results of our analysis of the optimal flight to the trans-Neptunian object
(90377) Sedna at the launch in 2029. Sedna is a distant space object with a perihelion and …