An L5 Mission to Observe the Sun and Space Weather, Part I

Martin W. Lo; Pedro J. Llanos; Gerald R. Hintz; Pedro J Llanos de la Concha

An L5 Mission to Observe the Sun and Space Weather, Part I

Martin W. Lo, Pedro J. Llanos, Gerald R. Hintz, Pedro J Llanos de la Concha

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Abstract

L1 orbits have been the preferred venue for observing the Sun since the ISEE3 mission in 1978. In recent years, space weather and solar scientists have begun to consider missions to L5 in order to have simultaneous viewing of the Sun from different azimuths around the Sun. Surprisingly, there has been little work on mission design to the Sun-Earth L4 and L5. Akioka et al. (2004) proposed an interesting mission to L5 for space weather. In this paper, we provide some preliminary characterization and sizing of typical L5 missions which show that such a mission is indeed feasible.

Original language	American English
State	Published - Feb 2010
Event	AAS/AIAA Spaceflight Mechanics Meeting - Kauai, HI Duration: Feb 1 2013 → …

Conference

Conference	AAS/AIAA Spaceflight Mechanics Meeting
Period	2/1/13 → …

Keywords

space weather observation
Lagrange points
Sun

Disciplines

Space Vehicles
The Sun and the Solar System

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