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A halo-orbit lunar station.A relay satellite following a halo trajectory will always maintain line-of-sight contact with the earth and the moon's far side. The Integrated Program Plan for lunar exploration in the 1980s and beyond calls for a fully reusable earth-moon transportation system. The principal elements of the system are a Translunar Shuttle, a Lunar-Orbit Space Station or Halo-Orbit Space Station, and a Lunar Space Tug. It is shown that a halo-orbit space station could offer important operational and performance advantages compared to a lunar-orbit station in a second-generation lunar program.
Document ID
19720048652
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Farquhar, R. W.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Mission and Systems Analysis Branch, Greenbelt, Md., United States)
Date Acquired
August 6, 2013
Publication Date
June 1, 1972
Publication Information
Publication: Astronautics and Aeronautics
Volume: 10
Subject Category
Space Vehicles
Accession Number
72A32318
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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