Powered Heteroclinic, Homoclinic Connections Between the Sun-Earth Triangular Points and Quasi-Satellite Orbits for Solar Observations

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

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Abstract

Investigation of new orbit geometries exhibits a very attractive behavior for a spacecraft to monitor space weather coming from the Sun. Several orbit transfer mechanisms are analyzed as potential alternatives to monitor solar activity such as a sub-solar orbit or quasi-satellite orbit and short and long heteroclinic and homoclinic connections between the triangular points L4 and L5 and the collinear point L3 of the Circular Restricted Three-Body Problem (CRTBP) in the Sun-Earth system.
Original languageAmerican English
StatePublished - Aug 2013
EventAAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference - Hilton Head, SC
Duration: Aug 1 2013 → …

Conference

ConferenceAAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference
Period8/1/13 → …

Keywords

  • Sun-Earth system
  • spacecraft orbit
  • triangular points L4 and L5

Disciplines

  • Space Vehicles

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