Minimum-Fuel Control Strategy for Spacecraft Formation Reconfiguration via Finite-Time Maneuvers

This paper addresses the minimum-fuel spacecraft formation reconfiguration maneuver in J2 perturbed near-circular orbits. In this study, only the deputy is assumed to be maneuverable and capable of...

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