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A Comprehensive Survey of Earth-Moon Libration Orbits: Stationkeeping Strategies And Intra-Orbit TransfersCislunar space is a readily accessible region that may well develop into a prime staging area in the effort to colonize space near the Earth or to colonize the moon. While there have been statements made by various NASA programs regarding placement of resources in orbit about the Earth-Moon Lagrangian locations, there is no survey of the total cost associated with attaining and maintaining these unique orbits in an optimal fashion. Transfer trajectories between these orbits required for assembly, servicing, and positioning of these resources have not been extensively investigated. These orbits are dynamically similar to those used for the Sun-Earth missions, but differences in governing gravitational ratios and perturbation sources result in their having their own unique characteristics.
Document ID
20040016312
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Preprint (Draft being sent to journal)
Authors
Folta, David
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Vaughn, Frank
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 21, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2004
Subject Category
Astrodynamics
Meeting Information
Meeting: AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference and Exhibit
Location: Providence, RI
Country: United States
Start Date: August 16, 2004
End Date: August 19, 2004
Sponsors: American Astronomical Society, American Inst. of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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