The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), built by the European Space Agency to study the Sun as part of the International Solar-Terrestrial Physics (ISTP) Program, will be launched in July 1995 into a transfer trajectory that terminates in a large-amplitude halo orbit. The spacecraft will enter the halo orbit by performing one insertion maneuver at a specified point on the halo orbit. The position on the halo orbit that requires the least fuel for the insertion maneuver is identified using the planar, circular restricted three-body problem as a model. Fuel costs for halo orbit insertion at other points in the orbit are also identified. Practical trajectories incorporating all significant accelerations are discussed. The use of a lunar swingby to avoid any insertion maneuver is mentioned.
Optimum transfer to a large-amplitude halo orbit for the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft
1993-01-01
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Keine Angabe
Englisch
British Library Conference Proceedings | 1993
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