The development of a methodology to move through cislunar space along fundamental dynamical pathways is relevant to NASA’s goals for a cislunar transportation network. To enable an informed design approach for transfer trajectories departing from or arriving at a Near Rectilinear Halo Orbit (NRHO), higher-period orbits that bifurcate from the NRHO region of the L2 halo orbit family are combined with other known structures, such as other Lagrange point and resonant orbits, in the Earth-Moon neighborhood. As a result of this design strategy, novel impulsive transfer options between NRHOs and distant retrograde orbits that possess predictable geometries are constructed. A strategy to enforce eclipse-free transfers using a path constraint is developed and verified in a higher-fidelity ephemeris model.
Dynamical Structures Nearby NRHOs with Applications to Transfer Design in Cislunar Space
J Astronaut Sci
The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences ; 69 , 3 ; 718-744
2022-06-01
27 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
Near rectilinear halo orbits (NRHO) , Multi-body dynamics , Circular restricted three-body problem (CR3BP) , Transfer design , Distant retrograde orbit (DRO) , Eclipse , Gateway Engineering , Aerospace Technology and Astronautics , Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences , Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)
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