A rapid mission analysis tool is developed to support the ongoing design of the Lunar Transit trajectory of the Power and Propulsion Element (PPE). A 50-kW class electric propulsion system is envisioned to transit a massive vehicle be-tween a Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) parking orbit and a lunar L2 southern Near Rectilinear Halo Orbit (NRHO). A parameterization is developed by which the Lunar Transit can be analyzed in the context of varying vehicle mass, solar elec-tric propulsion (SEP) configurations, and solar array power output. A rapid and novel mission analysis tool enables a wide array of these trade analyses to be completed without the need for extensive computing resources or time. This tool is shown to be useful in the analysis of a reference trajectory, where changes to the baseline vehicle architecture or off-nominal operational scenarios (such as electric thruster failures) can be rapidly assessed by the mission designer.
NASA Spacecraft Trade Modeling System (NSTRDMS)
33rd AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting ; 2023 ; Austin, TX, US
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