Earth-Mars halo to halo low thrust manifold transfers

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Nov 2009

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009cemda.105...19p&link_type=abstract

Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, Volume 105, Issue 1-3, pp. 19-32

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Halo Orbits, Low-Thrust Manifolds, Low Thrust, Circular Restricted Three Body Problem, Bicircular Model, Earth-To-Mars Transfers

Scientific paper

Application of low thrust propulsion to interconnect ballistic trajectories on invariant manifolds associated with multiple circular restricted three body systems has been investigated. Sun-planet three body models have been coupled to compute the two ballistic trajectories, where electric propulsion is used to interconnect these trajectories as no direct intersection in the Poincarè sections exists. The ability of a low thrust to provide the energy change required to transit the spacecraft between two systems has been assessed for some Earth to Mars transfers. The approach followed consists in a planetary escape on the unstable manifold starting from a periodic orbit around one of the two collinear libration points near the secondary body. Following the planetary escape and the subsequent coasting phase, the electric thruster is activated and executes an ad-hoc thrusting phase. The complete transfer design, composed of the three discussed phases, and possible applications to Earth-Mars missions is developed where the results are outlined in this paper.

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