NASA's proposed mission to send a single electric propulsion spacecraft to orbit Callisto, Ganymeds, and Europa within a decade would require a very complex trajectory. Strong multi-body effects combined with low-thrust control of capture and escape will make the trajectory challenging. This paper describes an optimal trajectory that begins in low Earth orbit and ends in low Io orbit.


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    Title :

    An investigation of a Jupiter Galilean Moon Orbiter trajectory


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    2003 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference ; 2003 ; Big Sky, MT, United States


    Publication date :

    2003-08-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English