The trajectory design for the Dark Ages Radio Explorer (DARE) mission concept involves dropping the DARE spacecraft off in a generalized geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO) as a secondary payload. From GTO, the spacecraft is then required to enter a near-equatorial lunar orbit that is stable (i.e., no station-keeping maneuvers are required) and yields the required number of cumulative hours (1,000) for science measurements while in the lunar farside radio quiet cone over a span of three years. Preliminary and expected results of the corresponding trajectory design are presented herein.


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    Title :

    Trajectory Design from GTO to Near-Equatorial Lunar Orbit for the Dark Ages Radio Explorer (DARE) Spacecraft


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    Conference:

    AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting ; 2015 ; Williamsburg, VA, United States


    Publication date :

    2015-01-11


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English