@Article{MeirelesRibeMeloPrad:2023:LoMaTr,
author = "Meireles, Lucas Gouv{\^e}a and Ribeiro, Rebeca de Souza and Melo,
Cristiano F. de and Prado, Antonio Fernando Bertachini de
Almeida",
affiliation = "{Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Instituto
Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Universidade Federal
de Minas Gerais (UFMG)} and {Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas
Espaciais (INPE)}",
title = "Low-cost Mars transfer from the Earth using solar sails and lunar
swing-bys",
journal = "European Physical Journal-Special Topics",
year = "2023",
volume = "SN",
pages = "1",
abstract = "As the current phase of space exploration is marked by a rapidly
growing number of rocket launches and space missions, techniques
that would enable interplanetary missions at lower costs would
also provide a more sustainable and affordable environment for
space research. This paper introduces a strategy that combines the
use of solar sails and lunar swing-bys to decrease the required
increments of velocity (\ΔV ) to escape the EarthMoon system
to reach targets as far as Mars, in the Restricted FourBody
SunEarthMoonspacecraft Problem. Starting from a circular Low-Earth
orbit, an increment of velocity (smaller than the one required to
escape in a geocentric parabolic trajectory) is applied to the
spacecraft and the solar sail is steered to maximize the gain of
its orbital energy. This is done until the spacecraft performs a
swing-by with the Moon. The use of this technique made it possible
to reduce the \ΔV by more than 98% when compared to cases
without the use of solar sails and lunar swing-bys.",
doi = "10.1140/epjs/s11734-023-01027-9",
url = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjs/s11734-023-01027-9",
issn = "1951-6355",
label = "lattes: 3242133432342198 1 MeirelesRibeMeloPrad:2023:LoMaTr",
language = "en",
targetfile = "s11734-023-01027-9.pdf",
urlaccessdate = "15 jun. 2024"
}