Lunar IceCube is a 6U cubesat that will launch on NASA’s Artemis 1 mission in 2021. Lunar IceCube will separate from Artemis 1 shortly after trans-lunar injection (TLI) and travel to its science orbit about the moon using its Busek Ion Thruster 3 (BIT-3) propulsion system. This paper describes a technique to rapidly design Lunar IceCube trajectories using the monotonic basin hopping (MBH) stochastic global search algorithm, along with low- and high-fidelity multi-point shooting transcriptions. This technique allows the Lunar IceCube team to rapidly adapt to changing initial conditions, spacecraft properties, and operational constraints.


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    Title :

    Optimization of the Lunar Icecube Trajectory Using Stochastic Global Search and Multi-Point Shooting


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    Conference:

    AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Meeting 2020 ; 2020 ; Virtual, US


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English