NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) : Spacecraft pdf

NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) : Spacecraft

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In a quest to improve space-based observational capability, an increasing number of investigators are proposing missions with precision formation flying architectures. Typical missions include the Micro- Arcsecond X-ray Imaging Mission (MAXIM), Stellar Imager (SI), and the New Worlds Observer (NWO). Missions designed to explore targets in deep-space generally require holding a formation configuration fixed in inertial space during science observation. Analysis in this paper is specifically aimed at the NWO architecture, characterizing the natural drift of the line-of-sight and the separation range for two spacecraft operating in the vicinity of the Earth/Moon-Sun L(sub 2) libration point. Analysis employs a linear form of the relative dynamics associated with an n-body gravity field. The study is designed to identify favorable observation directions, characterized by minimal line-of-sight drift, along the mission timeline

• Creator/s: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS
• Date: 4/23/2008
• Year: 2008
• Book Topics/Themes: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), FORMATION FLYING, DEEP SPACE, LINE OF SIGHT, X RAY IMAGERY, MANY BODY PROBLEM, GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS, LIBRATION, STARS, TARGETS, SUN, MOON, Luquette, Richard J., Sammer. Robert M

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