Solar-Sail Trajectory Design for Multiple Near Earth Asteroid Exploration Based on Deep Neural Networks

01/08/2019
by   Yu Song, et al.
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In the preliminary trajectory design of the multi-target rendezvous problem, a model that can quickly estimate the cost of the orbital transfer is essential. The estimation of the transfer time using solar sail between two arbitrary orbits is difficult and usually requires to solve an optimal control problem. Inspired by the successful applications of the deep neural network in nonlinear regression, this work explores the possibility and effectiveness of mapping the transfer time for solar sail from the orbital characteristics using the deep neural network. Furthermore, the Monte Carlo Tree Search method is investigated and used to search the optimal sequence considering a multi-asteroid exploration problem. The obtained sequences from preliminary design will be solved and verified by sequentially solving the optimal control problem. Two examples of different application backgrounds validate the effectiveness of the proposed approach.

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