SIM (Space Interferometry Mission) is a mission scheduled to launch in 2010 and will be the first spacecraft to use interferometry to measure the positions of stars to within 1 micro-arcsecond - a degree of precision never to before achieve. The flight hardware required to achieve this level of precision is very sensitive to its external environment, which places a number of challenging constraints on the trajectory design. This paper discusses the various trajectory options that were considered.
SIM trajectory design
AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference ; 2004 ; Providence, RI, United States
2004-08-16
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Springer Verlag | 2012
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