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Dynamical analysis of rendezvous and docking with very large space infrastructures in non-Keplerian orbits

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A space station in the vicinity of the Moon can be exploited as a gateway for future human and robotic exploration of the solar system. The natural location for a space system of this kind is about one of the Earth–Moon libration points. The study addresses the dynamics during rendezvous and docking operations with a very large space infrastructure in an EML2 Halo orbit. The model takes into account the coupling effects between the orbital and the attitude motion in a circular restricted three-body problem environment. The flexibility of the system is included, and the interaction between the modes of the structure and those related with the orbital motion is investigated. A lumped parameter technique is used to represents the flexible dynamics. The parameters of the space station are maintained as generic as possible, in a way to delineate a global scenario of the mission. However, the developed model can be tuned and updated according to the information that will be available in the future, when the whole system will be defined with a higher level of precision.

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  1. Department of Aerospace Science and Technology, Politecnico di Milano, Via La Masa 34, 20156, Milan, MI, Italy

    Andrea Colagrossi & Michèle Lavagna

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This paper is based on a presentation at the 6th International Conference on Astrodynamics Tools and Techniques, March 14–17, 2016, Darmstadt, Germany.

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Colagrossi, A., Lavagna, M. Dynamical analysis of rendezvous and docking with very large space infrastructures in non-Keplerian orbits. CEAS Space J 10, 87–99 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12567-017-0174-4

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