Recent lunar missions have begun to take advantage of the benefits of low-energy ballistic transfers between the Earth and the Moon rather than implementing conventional Hohmann-like lunar transfers. Both Artemis and GRAIL plan to implement low-energy lunar transfers in the next few years. This paper explores the characteristics and potential applications of many different families of low-energy ballistic lunar transfers. The transfers presented here begin from a wide variety of different orbits at the Earth and follow several different distinct pathways to the Moon. This paper characterizes these pathways to identify desirable low-energy lunar transfers for future lunar missions.
Low-Energy Ballistic Transfers to Lunar Halo Orbits
2009 Astrodynamics Specialist Conference ; 2009 ; Pittsburgh, PA, United States
09.08.2009
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Keine Angabe
Englisch
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