This work examines the autonomous navigation accuracy achievable for a lunar exploration trajectory from a translunar libration point lunar navigation relay satellite, augmented by signals from the Global Positioning System (GPS). We also provide a brief analysis comparing the libration point relay to lunar orbit relay architectures, and discuss some issues of GPS usage for cis-lunar trajectories.


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    Title :

    Libration Point Navigation Concepts Supporting the Vision for Space Exploration


    Contributors:
    J. R. Carpenter (author) / D. C. Folta (author) / M. C. Moreau (author) / D. A. Quinn (author)

    Publication date :

    2004


    Size :

    15 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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