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Orbital Operations for Phobos and Deimos ExplorationOne of the deep-space human exploration activities proposed for the post-Shuttle era is a mission to one of the moons of Mars, Phobos or Deimos. There are several options available to the mission architect for operations around these bodies. These options include distant retrograde orbits (DROs), Lagrange-point orbits such as halos and Lyapunov orbits, and fixed-point stationkeeping or "hovering." These three orbit options are discussed in the context of the idealized circular restricted three body problem, full-dynamics propagations, and a concept of operations. The discussion is focused on Phobos, but all results hold for Deimos
Document ID
20130000408
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Conference Paper
External Source(s)
Authors
Wallace, Mark S.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Parker, Jeffrey S.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Strange, Nathan J.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Grebow, Daniel
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 27, 2013
Publication Date
August 13, 2012
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Science And Exploration
Meeting Information
Meeting: AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Country: United States
Start Date: August 13, 2012
End Date: August 16, 2012
Sponsors: American Inst. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, American Astronautical Society
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
distant retrograde orbits (DROs)
Lyapunov
Phobos
exploration
Halo
Lagrange orbit
Deimos

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