Jason Michaelson

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Designing a Sun-Earth L2 to Mars via Earth gravity assist trajectory?

I am using GMAT to design a trajectory that takes a spacecraft from the Sun-Earth L2 Lagrange point to Mars via an Earth swingby (a powered flyby), in the years 2026, 2028 and 2030. However, GMAT...

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Optimizing trajectories with GMAT: how to understand the Vary parameters, and how to know what values to use for them?

I've been using GMAT in my free time to optimize trajectories, and have varied burn component values and spacecraft states, usually with success. The vary command in GMAT, with the Yukon optimizer...

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