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.
Libration Point Navigation Concepts Supporting the Vision for Space Exploration
AIAA/AAS Astrodynamic Conference ; 2004 ; Providence, RI, United States
2004-01-01
Preprint
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English
AIAA-2004-4747 Libration Point Navigation Concepts Supporting Exploration Vision
British Library Conference Proceedings | 2004
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