CHANGING OF ANGLES OF THE ORBITAL PLAN WITH OPTIMIZATION OF THE CONSUMPTION OF FUEL USING GRAVITATION ASSISTANCE IN SWING-BY MANEUVERS
The search for methods to reduce the fuel consumption in orbital
transfers is something relevant and always current in astrodynamics.
Therefore, the maneuvers assisted by the gravity, also called Swing-by
maneuvers, can be an advantageous option to save fuel. The proposalof
the present research is to explore the influence of some parameters in
a Swing-by of an artificial satellite orbiting a planet with one of the
moons of this mother planet, with the goal of changing the inclination
and the longitude of ascending node of the artificial satellite around
the main body of the system. The fuel consumption of this maneuver is
compared with the required consumption to perform the same changes of
in orbital plane using the classical approach of impulsive maneuvers.