A collection of MATLAB scripts for determining interplanetary trajectories.
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The collection of scripts rely on the SPICE toolkit from NASA's Navigation and Ancilliary Information Facility. The MATLAB implementation of the SPICE toolkit is available for download from the NAIF website. SPICE is used to retrieve the state vector information of the planetary bodies of interest and their physical parameters (size and gravitaional parameter). A strong undertanding of SPICE is not necessary for successful use of this program. Please refer to the SPICE documentation and tutorials for installation information.
This package is licensed under the MIT license. See NAIF for rules regarding the SPICE toolkit.
Find information for each function included in this package:
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SPICE Toolkit:
Acton, C.H.; "Ancillary Data Services of NASA's Navigation and Ancillary Information Facility;" Planetary and Space Science, Vol. 44, No. 1, pp. 65-70, 1996. DOI 10.1016/0032-0633(95)00107-7
Charles Acton, Nathaniel Bachman, Boris Semenov, Edward Wright; A look toward the future in the handling of space science mission geometry; Planetary and Space Science (2017); DOI 10.1016/j.pss.2017.02.013
Methodologies:
Bate, R. R., Mueller, D. D., & White, J. E. (1971). Fundamentals of Astrodynamics. Dover Publications. (Google books link)