Lunar Global Positioning Satellite Constellation

Author: Tianjiang Shuo

Website: https://cislunarspace.cn

Definition

A constellation system of satellites in circumlunar orbit that provides real-time positioning and timing services to lunar surface users, analogous to GPS or BeiDou on Earth. It can be constructed using near-lunar orbits, elliptical frozen orbits, libration point orbits, or DROs.

Related Concepts

• Manifold Propagation
• Low Lunar Orbit, LLO
• Complex Periodic Orbit
• Orbital Transfer Stage

References

• Zhou et al. 2024 - Design of circumlunar global positioning satellite constellation on DRO in the cislunar space