Orthogonal Plane-Crossing Condition

Author: Tianjiang Shuo

Website: https://cislunarspace.cn

Definition

A periodicity condition in halo orbit design, requiring the orbit to cross the x-z plane orthogonally twice (at t=0 and t=T/2). Orthogonality is ensured by specific velocity component values.

References

• Neelakantan和Ramanan - 2022 - Two-impulse transfer to multi-revolution halo orbits in the Earth–moon elliptic restricted three bod