NRHO Rendezvous and Docking

Author: Tianjiang Shuo

Website: https://cislunarspace.cn

Definition

The complete process of performing rendezvous and docking with a space station operating in a near-rectilinear halo orbit. Unlike near-Earth rendezvous, the target orbit is a periodic orbit in the three-body system with non-natural stability characteristics, requiring specialized guidance schemes.

  • Low Lunar Orbit, LLO
  • Complex Periodic Orbit
  • Orbital Transfer Stage
  • Halo Orbit Insertion, HOI

References

  • Xie et al., A guidance strategy for rendezvous and docking to the space station in the Earth-moon NRHO orbit, 2024
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