Trajectories that regularly encounter Earth and Mars but use small or no propulsive maneuvers are known as cycler trajectories, or cyclers. For cyclers that repeat after two Earth-Mars synodic periods, several variations are possible. A detailed investigation is presented of a simple two synodic period cycler, along with several promising variations using combinations of one year and half-year phasing orbits. Analysis is included for both the circular co-planar model and with actual Earth and Mars ephemerides.


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    Title :

    Analysis of various two synodic period Earth-Mars cycler trajectories


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference


    Publication date :

    2002-08-04


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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