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Getting to L1 the Hard Way: Triana's Launch OptionsOver the past four years, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center has built and tested the Triana observatory, which will be the first Earth observing science satellite to take advantage of the unique perspective offered by a Lissajous orbit about the first Earth-Sun Lagrange Point (L1). Triana was originally meant to fly on the U.S. Space Transportation System (a.k.a. the Space Shuttle but complications with the shuttle manifest have forced Triana into a 'wait and see' attitude. The observatory is currently being stored at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, where it waits for an appropriate launch opportunity to surface. To that end, several possible alternatives have been considered, including variations on the nominal shuttle deployment scenario, a high inclination Delta-type launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, a Tsyklon class vehicle launched from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, and a ride on a French Ariane vehicle out of French Guiana into a somewhat arbitrary geostationary transfer orbit (GTO). This paper chronicles and outlines the pros and cons of how each of these opportunities could be used to send Triana on its way to L1.
Document ID
20020052609
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Houghton, Martin B.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Bauer, Frank H.
Date Acquired
August 20, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2002
Subject Category
Spacecraft Design, Testing And Performance
Meeting Information
Meeting: International Conference on Libration Point Orbits and Applications
Location: Gerona
Country: Spain
Start Date: June 10, 2002
End Date: June 14, 2002
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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