Interplanetary Mission Planner & Verifier
These code sets enable the determination of interplanetary missions - along the lines of the Voyager missions. There are two primary functions - determining a feasible trajectory using Keplerian methods , then verifying the determined trajectory using Newtonian methods.
The Keplerian methods for trajectory are fast to determine, but comparatively 'coarse'. The Newtonian method is very accurate at verifying a trajectory, but VERY slow to calculate.
LIMITATIONS - to keep it simple, the solar system is 2D, and the planetary orbits are perfectly circular.
(update) - the target planets can be set by changing the planet on line 88 (part1_keplerian_trajectory.m), and the miss distances for the planets being passed (line 88). This would be more effective with a GUI - I will look at this when time permits.
There are better developers out there and I welcome your comments, both for the trajectory methods and the code efficiency.
Best wishes,
Stephen
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Stephen Walker (2026). Interplanetary Mission Planner & Verifier (https://uk.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/26107-interplanetary-mission-planner-verifier), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .
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