Abstract This paper is concerned with two-impulse transfers from Earth to Earth–Moon L3 halo orbits. After an orbit injection maneuver from an Earth orbit, a spacecraft travels on a ballistic accelerated manifold trajectory to a position intersection with a halo orbit where an orbit injection maneuver is executed. Although many types of transfers are located, our primary concern is transfers that require either a low transfer time of flight or a small orbit injection maneuver. Several families of transfers lie along the edge of a time of flight/injection maneuver Pareto Front. These families share similar characteristics and are shown to be an extension of a transfer that utilizes a stable invariant manifold. The quickest family of transfers to L3 can be completed in 28.5–33days with an injection maneuver of 61.75–130m/s, with shorter duration transfers requiring a larger injection maneuver. The family of transfers with the smallest injection maneuvers given a duration limit of 140days required 13.45m/s.


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    Title :

    Transfers from Earth to Earth–Moon L3 halo orbits using accelerated manifolds


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    Published in:

    Advances in Space Research ; 55 , 7 ; 1868-1877


    Publication date :

    2015-01-22


    Size :

    10 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English





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