Performance analysis of impulsive station-kee** strategies for cis-lunar orbits with the ephemeris model

R Zhang, Y Wang, Y Shi, C Zhang, H Zhang - Acta Astronautica, 2022 - Elsevier
Future long-term lunar missions, such as cis-lunar space stations and communication/
navigation constellations, have been proposed by different space agencies. For such long …

Regularizing fuel-optimal multi-impulse trajectories

K Oshima - Astrodynamics, 2024 - Springer
The regularization theory has successfully enabled the removal of gravitational singularities
associated with celestial bodies. In this study, regularizing techniques are merged into a …

Characterization of Earth-Moon L2 halo analogs in an ephemeris model using the elliptic restricted three-body problem

B Park, KC Howell - Advances in Space Research, 2025 - Elsevier
While the L 2 halo orbits as constructed in the Earth-Moon Circular Restricted Three-Body
Problem (CR3BP) play an important role in future space exploration, the global behavior of …

Low-Energy Transfer Design of Heliocentric Formation Using Lunar Swingby on the Example of LISA

J Yang, Z Zhang, F Jiang, J Li - Aerospace, 2022 - mdpi.com
Space-based gravitational wave (GW) detection at low frequencies is of great scientific
significance and has received extensive attention in recent years. This work designs and …

Mechanism and characteristics analysis of weak stability boundary transfers to the 2: 1 distant retrograde orbit

M Wang, Y Yin, C Zhang, H Zhang - Advances in Space Research, 2025 - Elsevier
The 2: 1 resonant distant retrograde orbit (DRO) has garnered considerable attention in
contemporary cislunar space missions due to its strategic importance. This study conducts a …

Vertical instability of the planar resonant orbits and the application in transfer design to three-dimensional periodic orbits

P Lu, Y Wang, S Cui - Acta Astronautica, 2025 - Elsevier
This work aims to investigate the vertical instability of planar resonant orbits in the circular
restricted three-body problem as well as to present a novel methodology to design transfers …

The impact of second-order analytical derivatives on regularized direct multiple shooting method for impulsive spacecraft trajectory optimization

大島健太 - Guidance, Navigation and Control, 2024 - cir.nii.ac.jp
< jats: p> While the first-order derivatives of an objective function and constraints have often
been analytically provided in the gradient-based optimization algorithms, the joint use of the …

Highly Accurate Reconstruction Harmonic Balance Scheme for Three-Body Libration Point Orbits

J Zhang, H Dai, Q Wang - Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 2024 - arc.aiaa.org
PERIODIC libration point orbits (LPOs) in the circular restricted three-body problem (CRTBP)
are of significant interest for space mission design. For instance, the Earth–moon L2 halo …

Expanded Families of Periodic Orbits for the Jupiter–Callisto System

H Yang, L Qin, S Li, J Niu, H Li - Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 2024 - arc.aiaa.org
Periodic orbits are widely used in space missions and are fundamental for us to understand
the complex dynamic system of circular restricted three-body problem. However, there are …

[HTML][HTML] Close relative motion on distant retrograde orbits

Y Chihang, W Ming, H Zhang - Chinese Journal of Aeronautics, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Distant Retrograde Orbits (DROs) in the Earth-Moon system have great potential to
support varieties of missions due to the favorable stability and orbital positions. Thus, the …