Dual-Objective High Energy Tour Design
Period: 2022/5-2022/8
With Yuri Shimane (Georgia Tech)
The 2022 edition of the Space Optimisation Competition (SpOC) organized by the Advanced Concepts Team included a problem involving a ∆V and time of flight optimization of a moon tour visiting the seven planets of the Trappist-1 star system. We participated in this competition (5th place), and developed metrics to analyze effictive planets to flyby, as well as heuristics to solve the multiobjective trajectory optimization problem.
Related Publication: Methods for Dual-Objective High Energy Tour Design, AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, 2023 [Paper]