MIPELEC
Minimum-time orbital transfer
MIPELEC is a software tool that computes minimum time low-thrust orbital transfers.
For a given initial orbit, a final orbit, and the characteristics of the low-thrust propulsion system (specific impulse, thrust modulus and satellite initial mass), MIPELEC computes the thrust history that minimizes the transfer duration. The outputs of the software are:
- The evolution of orbital parameters along the transfer;
- The evolution of the mass of the satellite;
- The evolution of the thrust direction (in-plane direction and out-of-plane direction).
This software is a useful tool for people who are working on low-thrust satellite mission analysis.
For the 1.0 version, the delivery corresponds to the sources of this software. Since 2.1 version, only the binary executable file (with a GUI and a test case) is provided.
MIPELEC
Thematic
Licence type
Free owner licence
Programming language
Java ≥ 1.6 for versions 2.x and Fortran77 for version 1.0
Operating system
Windows, Linux
Documentation
Attached documents
User manual (667.56 KB) An averaging optimal control tool for low thrust minimum-time transfers.pdf (693.22 KB)
