The use of lunar-swingby maneuvers to transfer a spacecraft from an equatorial orbit to a polar orbit has been investigated in order to verify the technical feasibility of the NASA/ESA equatorial science phase (ESP)/Cluster mission. The solar aspect angle constraints of the spacecraft spin-axis and the dependence of the total Delta-V cost of the transfer on the initial ESP orbital parameters (particularly perigee radius and inclination) have been studied. The results indicate that a satisfactory ESP-to-Cluster orbit transfer can be achieved using a double lunar-swingby sequence.


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    Title :

    Large inclination change using lunar-swingby techniques


    Contributors:
    Lee, T. (author) / Dunham, D. W. (author) / Hsu, S. (author) / Roberts, C. E. (author) / Engel, C. (author)

    Conference:

    AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Conference ; 1988 ; Minneapolis, MN, United States


    Publication date :

    1988-01-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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