North-South Control

Author: Tianjiang Shuo

Website: https://cislunarspace.cn

Definition

A latitudinal station-keeping strategy that applies small thrust in the orbit-normal direction to correct orbital inclination, controlling the spacecraft's out-of-plane drift. The paper uses normal thrust proportional to the inclination deviation from the lunar orbit.

Application Value

[Translation needed for: 控制策略的设计直接影响航天器的任务表现和寿命，合理的控制方法可以在保证任务完成的同时最小化推进剂消耗...]

Related Concepts

• Heteroclinic Transfer
• Lunar Flyby
• Geosynchronous Orbit, GEO
• Deployment Trajectory

References

• 刘林和刘慧根 - 2008 - 地月系中探测器定点在三角平动点附近的位置漂移及其控制问题