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applied Astrodynamics Astronaut axes axis bi-elliptic transfer canonical transformation CEV system Chapter characteristic velocity circular orbits commutation components const constant constraints consumption Contensou coplanar corresponding defined differential system duration eccentric anomaly eccentricity Edelbaum ejection velocity ellipse equations evolution final fixed function given gravitational field H₁ Hamiltonian heliocentric hence Hohmann transfer hyperbola IFT system impulse integral J.P. MAREC latus rectum Lawden's linear LP system manoeuvrability domain Marchal MAREC mass matrix NT arc obtained ONERA optimal thrust acceleration optimal trajectories optimal transfers orbital adjoint orbital elements orbital plane osculating orbit P₂ parabolic level parameters perigee planetocentric Primer locus primer vector problem propulsion system quadrature reachable domain rendezvous rotation Section singular arcs singular solutions solution t₁ tangential thrust law time-free tion transversality condition true anomaly two-impulse V₁ variations whence δε δι