Equations are developed which, for parameters of orbit inclination about moon, lunar-surface launch latitude, and stay-time on lunar surface, define plane change required to rendezvous; method of minimizing maximum plane change needed to rendezvous during stay is presented; angle of intersection between lunar departure asymptote and spacecraft satellite orbit is defined in terms of characteristics of outbound and return trajectories, orbit inclinations, and stay-times; characteristics of lunar-centered hyperbolic trajectories needed to develop equations of departure plane-change requirement are established by means of 3-dimensional joined conic analyses of Earth-moon trajectories.
Plane-change requirements associated with rendezvous in lunar satellite orbit
AIAA J
AIAA Journal ; 2 , n 5
1964
6 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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