Open AccessAnalysis of Orbital Movement Lunar Orbital Station
Author(s) -
Chongrui Du,
Vsevolod V. Koryanov,
Danhe Chen
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/630/1/012027
Subject(s) - halo orbit , orbital elements , orbit (dynamics) , nasa deep space network , orbital mechanics , lagrangian point , astrobiology , spacecraft , mars exploration program , orbital maneuver , position (finance) , orbital plane , space (punctuation) , geology , geodesy , aerospace engineering , physics , astronomy , computer science , halo , satellite , engineering , galaxy , finance , economics , operating system
Represents the new project “Deep Space Gateway (DSG)” - an orbital station in the vicinity of the Moon [1]. The DSG can be used as a staging post for exploration missions to the lunar surface and eventually to other deep space destinations including Mars. It is also a platform in a location where the human and technological challenges of long duration human missions in deep space can be investigated and addressed [2]. A DSG may be placed farther from the Moon in halo orbit relative to its position on the line of the Moon-Earth, known as the L 2 Lagrange point. One of the modern orbits of interest as a destination for a spacecraft in cis-lunar space is the Near Rectilinear Halo Orbits (NRHO) [4]. This work is devoted to the study of issues related to the orbital movement DSG, to understand which orbit will be optimal.