Analysis of various two synodic period Earth-Mars cycler trajectories

AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Byrnes, Dennis V ^a   Mcconaghy, T Troy ^a   Longuski, James M ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIOUS; CYCLER TRAJECTORIES; CYCLERS; EARTH-MARS CYCLER;

ORBITS;

EID: 85088342377     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2002-4423     Document Type: Conference Paper

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3. Uphoff, C. W., "The Art and Science of Lunar Gravity Assist," AAS Paper 89-170, AAS/GSFC International Symposium on Orbital Mechanics and Mission Design, Greenbelt, Md. April, 1989.
4. Uphoff, C. W. and Crouch, M.A., "Lunar Cycler Orbits with Alternating Semi-Monthly Transfer Windows", Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, 41, No. 2, Apr-June, 1993, pp. 189-205.
5. McConaghy, T. T., Longuski, J. M., and Byrnes, D. V., "Analysis of a Broad Class of Earth-Mars Cycler Trajectories," AIAA Paper 2002-4420, AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Monterey, CA, Aug. 2002.