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Lunar cube transfer trajectory options
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Howell, Kathleen Folta, David Clark, Pamela Haapala, Amanda Dichmann, Donald J. |
| Copyright Year | 2015 |
| Description | Numerous Earth-Moon trajectory and lunar orbit options are available for Cubesat missions. Given the limited Cubesat injection infrastructure, transfer trajectories are contingent upon the modification of an initial condition of the injected or deployed orbit. Additionally, these transfers can be restricted by the selection or designs of Cubesat subsystems such as propulsion or communication. Nonetheless, many trajectory options can be considered which have a wide range of transfer durations, fuel requirements, and final destinations. Our investigation of potential trajectories highlights several options including deployment from low Earth orbit (LEO), geostationary transfer orbits (GTO), and higher energy direct lunar transfers and the use of longer duration Earth-Moon dynamical systems. For missions with an intended lunar orbit, much of the design process is spent optimizing a ballistic capture while other science locations such as Sun-Earth libration or heliocentric orbits may simply require a reduced Delta-V imparted at a convenient location along the trajectory. |
| File Size | 1837765 |
| Page Count | 19 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20150001351 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t8gf5t559 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2015-01-11 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Libration Orbits Dynamical System Earth Moon Flight Optimization Communication Satellites Deployment Fuel Consumption Dynamical Systems Long Duration Space Flight Design Optimization Lunar Satellites Low Earth Orbits Transfer Orbits Lunar Orbits Energy Transfer Earth-moon Trajectories Thrust Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
