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.


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    Title :

    Plane-change requirements associated with rendezvous in lunar satellite orbit


    Additional title:

    AIAA J


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    AIAA Journal ; 2 , n 5


    Publication date :

    1964


    Size :

    6 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :



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