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Trajectory Design Tools for Libration and Cis-Lunar EnvironmentsInnovative trajectory design tools are required to support challenging multi-body regimes with complex dynamics, uncertain perturbations, and the integration of propulsion influences. Two distinctive tools, Adaptive Trajectory Design and the General Mission Analysis Tool have been developed and certified to provide the astrodynamics community with the ability to design multi-body trajectories. In this paper we discuss the multi-body design process and the capabilities of both tools. Demonstrable applications to confirmed missions, the Lunar IceCube Cubesat lunar mission and the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) Sun-Earth L2 mission, are presented.
Document ID
20160003311
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Folta, David C.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Webster, Cassandra M.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Bosanac, Natasha
(Purdue Univ. West Lafayette, IN, United States)
Cox, Andrew
(Purdue Univ. West Lafayette, IN, United States)
Guzzetti, Davide
(Purdue Univ. West Lafayette, IN, United States)
Howell, Kathleen C.
(Purdue Univ. West Lafayette, IN, United States)
Date Acquired
March 11, 2016
Publication Date
March 14, 2016
Subject Category
Astrodynamics
Report/Patent Number
GSFC-E-DAA-TN29962
Report Number: GSFC-E-DAA-TN29962
Meeting Information
Meeting: International Conference on Astrodynamics Tools and Techniques (ICATT)
Location: Darmstadt
Country: Germany
Start Date: March 14, 2016
End Date: March 17, 2016
Sponsors: European Space Agency
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNX13AM17G
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.
Keywords
Earth-Moon
Astrodynamics
Sun-earth
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