Presentation
Commercial Cubesat Technology to Enhance Science: Communications, Space Debris Identification and Moon Surface Reconnaissance Using Lagrangian Cyclers
AAS/AIAA Spaceflight Mechanics Meeting
(2016)
Abstract
This paper deals with novel cycler trajectories for cubesats that will depart from low-Earth orbit (LEO) to help determine the resources needed for interplanetary travel and infrastructure required for space colonization on the Moon. Our cubesats will depart from a 400-km parking orbit aboard the International Space Station (ISS) to provide significant opportunities to enhance communication and navigation strategies while improving space exploration capabilities. Different cycler orbits connecting the Lagrange points in the Earth-Moon system are explored, which will enable us to improve our communications and navigation from Earth via low ∆V connection nodes often referred to as the Interplanetary Superhighway.
Keywords
- commercial space operations,
- Interplanetary Superhighway,
- cubesats,
- satellite communication,
- space colonization
Disciplines
Publication Date
February, 2016
Location
Napa, CA
Comments
This AAS paper 16-493 is part of the proceedings of the 2016 AAS/AIAA Spaceflight Mechanics Meeting published by Univelt in 2016 for the American Astronautical Society, pp. 1659-1675. ISBN 978-0-87703-634-0. The proceedings is volume 158 in the Advances in the Astronautical Sciences series and is edited by Renato Zanetti, Ryan P. Russell, Martin T. Ozimek and Angela L. Bowes.
Citation Information
Pedro J. Llanos and Abdiel Santos. "Commercial Cubesat Technology to Enhance Science: Communications, Space Debris Identification and Moon Surface Reconnaissance Using Lagrangian Cyclers" AAS/AIAA Spaceflight Mechanics Meeting (2016) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/pedro_j_llanos/2/