Tag: orbit transfer
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Spacecraft Control Toolbox To The Moon
Today, I will discuss two functions in release 2020.1 of the Spacecraft Control Toolbox (SCT) which can be used to get your spacecraft into a lunar orbit. They are LunarTargeting.m and LunarMissionControl.m. They are demonstrated together in the script LunarMission.m. LunarTargeting.m produces a transfer orbit that starts at a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) altitude and…
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Artemis: From Gateway to Low Lunar Orbit
One concept Gateway may be in a polar orbit with an apolune of 70,000 km and perilune of 3,000 km. One concept is for the lander and Orion to meet at Gateway. Our alternative is for Artemis to stay in a low lunar orbit and be met there by Orion, the cargo transfer vehicle and…