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Indirect trajectory optimization for minimum-propellant transfers in the Sagittarius A* black-hole centered system under the general relativity assumptions.
Rel. Manuela Battipede, Luigi Mascolo. Politecnico di Torino, Corso di laurea magistrale in Ingegneria Aerospaziale, 2026
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Abstract
The research aims at developing new optimal control solutions to the general relativity problem applied to spaceflight trajectories, relating classical astrodynamics to relativistic physics. Specifically, the study addresses the problem of minimizing propellant consumption during a transfer between S-stars for a spacecraft powered by a high-performance Magnetic Confinement Fusion engine operating in the deep gravitational potential of the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A*. The central body is assumed to be a static, spherical, and non-rotating black hole, in order to model the gravitational field using the Schwarzschild metric, without restricting the motion to the equatorial plane, and under the boundaries of Einstein's General Relativity assumptions.
The optimal control problem has been formulated using the Indirect Method and the Pontryagin's Minimum Principle, converting the optimization into a Two-Point Boundary Value Problem
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