Lunar Gateway

Author: Tianjiang Shuo

Website: https://cislunarspace.cn

Definition

A lunar orbital space station led by NASA, planned for deployment in a near-rectilinear halo orbit as a deep-space exploration hub. Gateway provides orbital relay, communication/navigation support, and logistics resupply for crewed lunar landing missions, serving as core infrastructure of the Artemis program. Its demand for navigation services along the Earth-Moon transfer corridor is a key driver for heterogeneous navigation constellation development.

Application Value

This concept provides fundamental support in cislunar space research and mission design. In practical applications, the appropriate analysis method should be selected based on specific mission scenarios and constraints.

Related Concepts

• Propulsion Module
• Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway, LOP-G
• In-orbit Servicing

References

• 地月空间导航星座设计：架构特征、指标构建与技术演进
• Kikuchi et al. - 2024 - Comparison of transfer trajectory to NRHO and operation plan for logistics resupply mission to gateway
• Colagrossi 等 - 2021
• Spreen 2021