Propagating Interplanetary Trajectories from Earth to Mars

Version 1.2.0.0 (15.9 MB) by David Eagle
Numerically integrate the orbital equations of motion of an Earth to Mars interplanetary trajectory.
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PDF document and a MATLAB script called pprop_e2m that can be used to numerically integrate the geocentric and heliocentric orbital equations of motion of an Earth to Mars interplanetary trajectory. This scientific simulation begins at a user-defined epoch and state vector somewhere within the Earth’s sphere-of-influence (SOI) and ends at (1) closest approach to Mars, (2) a user-defined Mars-centered (areocentric) distance, or (3) at a user-defined final epoch.

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David Eagle (2024). Propagating Interplanetary Trajectories from Earth to Mars (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/41356-propagating-interplanetary-trajectories-from-earth-to-mars), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

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Created with R2019b
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Version Published Release Notes
1.2.0.0

Trajectory now initialized and results displayed in the Earth mean equator and equinox of J2000 (EME2000) coordinate system. Code clean up.
1.1.0.0

Updated ephemeris to use DE421.bsp data file. Geocentric and heliocentric orbits displayed in Earth true-of-date coordinate system. Updated PDF documentation.
1.0.0.0