Study on the Characteristics of Two-burn Translunar Trajectory

Abstract

In this paper, the translunar trajectory of the simple sequence is investigated. The trajectory discussed in this paper is a two-burn ballistic trajectory from the low earth parking orbit to the low lunar orbit. The problem is practical in that the geometric relation from the launch site to the moon is fully considered. The paper includes three subjects. First is the structure of the problem and the solution space. The problems are defined and the solutions are grouped by the properties of the lunar transfer sequence. Second are the characteristics of optimal solutions. The topics discussed are the transition of the required velocity increment based on the launch date, and the difference according to the property of the lunar transfer sequence. Third is the sensitivity analysis of a number of items to the deviation of the parameters from the optimal solution.