A Navigation Method for an Automated Interplanetary Probe on a Quasi-Satellite Orbit in a Three-Body Problem Based on Optical Measurements

摘要

The problem of how to determine parameters of motion for an automated interplanetary probe (AIP) on a quasi-satellite orbit during flight to the small natural satellite of a planet is examined. The problem is solved by searching for an optimal state-space trajectory of automated interplanetary probe according to the least-squares criterion. The results of longitude and latitude measurements at several points are used as boundary conditions.