TR2012-024
Optimized Three-Body Gravity Assists and Manifold Transfers in End-to-End Lunar Mission Design
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- , "Optimized Three-Body Gravity Assists and Manifold Transfers in End-to-End Lunar Mission Design", AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, January 2012.BibTeX TR2012-024 PDF
- @inproceedings{Grover2012jan,
- author = {Grover, P. and Andersson, C.},
- title = {Optimized Three-Body Gravity Assists and Manifold Transfers in End-to-End Lunar Mission Design},
- booktitle = {AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting},
- year = 2012,
- month = jan,
- url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2012-024}
- }
- , "Optimized Three-Body Gravity Assists and Manifold Transfers in End-to-End Lunar Mission Design", AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, January 2012.
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Abstract:
We describe a modular optimization framework for GTO-to-moon mission design using the planar circular restricted three-body problem (PCR3BP) model .The three-body resonant gravity assists and invariant manifolds in the planar restricted three-body problem are used as basic building blocks of this mission design. The mission is optimized by appropriately timed delta-Vs, which are obtained by a shooting method and a Gauss-Pseudospectral collocation method for different phases of the mission. Depending upon the initial and final orbits, the optimized missions consume between 10-15 % less fuel compared to a Hohmann transfer, while taking around 4 to 5 months of travel time.
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