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% Double rendezvous problem between two planets.
Go from one planet1 to planet2, wait some days, then come back. The
DVs are assumed to be impulsive. A simple search for a start date is
performed to look for the minimum outbound DV given the selected
transfer time.
Longer transfer times result in smaller delta-v with an optimum at the
equivalent Hohmann transfer.
If the transfer time is too short for an elliptical transfer the
function will produce a warning.
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Form:
d = LambertDoubleRendezvous( planet1, planet2, jD0, days, duration )
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Inputs
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planet1 (1,:) Starting planet
planet2 (1,:) Target planet
jD0 (1,1) Reference Julian date
days (1,:) Vector of days (from jD0) to search over
duration (1,3) Mission durations:
(1) Number of days out (Planet1 to Planet2)
(2) Number of days to stay (at Planet2)
(3) Number of days back (Planet2 to Planet1)
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Outputs
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d (.) Data structure with all data describing the double
rendezvous transfer trajectories.
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See also PlanetTransferLambert
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Orbit: Interplanetary/PlanetTransferLambert Orbit: Interplanetary/SynodicPlanets Common: GUIs/Figui Common: Graphics/NewFig Common: Time/Date2JD Common: Time/JD2Date
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