Spacecraft flying in tetrahedron formations are excellent for electromagnetic and plasma studies. To better understand the Earth s magnetosphere and its interaction with the solar wind, the NASA Goddard Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission will fly a tetrahedron formation through different regions of the magnetosphere close to the magnetic equatorial plane. However, to explore regions that are almost perpendicular to the ecliptic plane a dramatic plane change is needed. To minimize fuel, a double lunar swingby can be used to perform the plane change. This paper investigates the feasibility of flying a four-spacecraft formation through the required double lunar swingby.


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    Title :

    Flying a Four-Spacecraft Formation by the Moon...Twice


    Contributors:
    J J Guzman (author) / A Edery (author)

    Conference:

    13th Annual AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting ; 2003 ; Ponce, PR


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    2003-02-09




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


    Flying a Four-Spacecraft Formation by the Moon... Twice (AAS 03-132)

    Guzman, J. J. / Edery, A. / American Astronautical Society et al. | British Library Conference Proceedings | 2003


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