Intersecting invariant manifolds in spatial restricted three-body problems: Design and optimization of Earth-to-halo transfers in the Sun-Earth-Moon scenario

This work deals with the design of transfers connecting LEOs with halo orbits around libration points of the Earth-Moon CRTBP using impulsive maneuvers. Exploiting the coupled circular restricted three-body problem approximation, suitable first guess trajectories are derived detecting intersections...

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Autores: Zanzottera, A., Mingotti, G., Castelli, R., Dellnitz, M.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:España
Institución:Basque Center for Applied Mathematics (BCAM)
Repositorio:BIRD. BCAM's Institutional Repository Data
OAI Identifier:oai:bird.bcamath.org:20.500.11824/617
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11824/617
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Bicircular model
Box covering
Halo orbits
Invariant manifolds
Three-body problems
Trajectory optimization
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Sumario:This work deals with the design of transfers connecting LEOs with halo orbits around libration points of the Earth-Moon CRTBP using impulsive maneuvers. Exploiting the coupled circular restricted three-body problem approximation, suitable first guess trajectories are derived detecting intersections between stable manifolds related to halo orbits of EM spatial CRTBP and Earth-escaping trajectories integrated in planar Sun-Earth CRTBP. The accuracy of the intersections in configuration space and the discontinuities in terms of Δ v are controlled through the box covering structure implemented in the software GAIO. Finally first guess solutions are optimized in the bicircular four-body problem and single-impulse and two-impulse transfers are presented.