# Low-Thrust Transfer Between Circular Orbits Using Natural Precession

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/1503.00644 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/1503.00644/

## Key facts

- Cited by 1 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 2 Mar 2015.

## Built on by (most cited first, 1 of 1)

- [Advances in Trajectory Optimization for Space Vehicle Control](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2108.02335/) (2021)

## Abstract (arXiv)

The minimum-fuel low-thrust transfer between circular orbits is formulated using the Edelbaum's averaged dynamics with the addition of the nodal precession due to the first zonal term. The extremal analysis shows that an optimal transfer is composed of three sequences in the regular case. The optimal control problem is solved by a shooting method with a costate guess derived from an approximate solution.