The Arcus mission, proposed for NASA's 2016 Astrophysics Medium Explorer (MIDEX) announcement of opportunity, will use X-ray spectroscopy to detect previously unaccounted quantities of normal matter in the Universe. The Arcus mission design uses 4:1 lunar resonance to provide a stable orbit for visibility of widely-dispersed targets, in a low background radiation environment, above the Van Allen belts for the minimum two-year science mission. Additional ad-vantages of 4:1 resonance are long term stability without maintenance maneu-vers, eclipses under 4.5 hours, perigee radius approximately 12 Re for data download, and streamlined operational cadence with approximately 1 week orbit period.


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    Titel :

    Arcus Mission Design: Stable Lunar-Resonant High Earth Orbit for X-Ray Astronomy


    Beteiligte:
    Plice, Laura (Autor:in) / Dono Perez, Andres (Autor:in) / Policastri, Lisa (Autor:in) / Carrico, John (Autor:in) / Loucks, Mike (Autor:in)

    Kongress:

    AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference ; 2018 ; Snowbird, UT, United States


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2018-08-19


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Schlagwörter :


    Arcus Mission Design: Stable Lunar Resonant HEO for X-ray Astronomy

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