Using FLI maps for preliminary spacecraft trajectory design in multi-body environments

Fast Lyapunov Indicator (FLI) maps are presented as a tool for solving spacecraft preliminary trajectory design problems in multi-body environments with long-term stability requirements. In particular, the FLI maps are shown to provide a global overview of the dynamics in the restricted three-body p...

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Published in:Celestial mechanics and dynamical astronomy 2008-09, Vol.102 (1-3), p.29-48
Main Author: Villac, B. F.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aerospace engineering
Aerospace Technology and Astronautics
Astrophysics
Astrophysics and Astroparticles
Classical Mechanics
Design
Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory
Geophysics/Geodesy
Jupiter
Orbits
Original Article
Physics
Physics and Astronomy
Space exploration
Spacecraft
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Summary:Fast Lyapunov Indicator (FLI) maps are presented as a tool for solving spacecraft preliminary trajectory design problems in multi-body environments with long-term stability requirements. In particular, the FLI maps are shown to provide a global overview of the dynamics in the restricted three-body problem that can guide mission designers in selecting long-term stable regions of phase space which are inherently more robust to model parameter perturbations. The FLI is also shown to numerically detect the normally hyperbolic manifolds associated with unstable periodic orbits. These, in turn, provide a global map of the principal heteroclinic connections between the various resonance regions which form the basic backbone of dynamical transfers design. Examples of maps and transfers are provided in the restricted three-body problem modeling the Jupiter–Europa system.
ISSN:0923-2958
1572-9478
DOI:10.1007/s10569-008-9158-1