The presented trajectory was designed for the Lunar Polar Hydrogen Mapper (LunaH-Map) 6U CubeSat, which was awarded a ride on NASAs Space Launch System (SLS) with Exploration Mission 1 (EM-1) via NASAs 2015 SIMPLEX proposal call. After deployment from EM-1s upper stage (which is planned to enter heliocentric space via a lunar flyby), the LunaH-Map CubeSat will alter its trajectory via its low-thrust ion engine to target a lunar flyby that yields a Sun-Earth-Moon weak stability boundary transfer to set up a ballistic lunar capture. Finally, the orbit energy is lowered to reach the required quasi-frozen science orbit with periselene above the lunar south pole.


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    Title :

    Trajectory Design for the Lunar Polar Hydrogen Mapper Mission


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting ; 2017 ; San Antonio, TX, United States


    Publication date :

    2017-02-05


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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