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Multirevolution Low-Thrust Spacecraft Trajectory Optimization with Sparse Mesh Pseudospectral Method
Yilin Zou and Fanghua Jiang. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 2026.
This work introduces a nonresonant sparse-mesh pseudospectral method for multirevolution low-thrust trajectory optimization. The method captures secular orbital motion with far fewer collocation points, reducing computational cost while maintaining useful accuracy.