
handle: 11311/645739
This work analyzes special Earth-Moon transfers that make use of both chemical and solar electric propulsion. A first high-thrust, low-Isp impulse is used to place the spacecraft into an exterior-like low-energy transfer to the Moon, possibly performing a lunar gravity assist. The subsequent use of low-thrust, high-Isp propulsion makes it possible to perform a lunar ballistic capture leading to a final, low-altitude orbit about the Moon. Hybrid propulsion transfers outperform both the chemical transfers (Hohmann, interior, and exterior) and the fully solar electric propulsion transfers (e.g., SMART-1-like) in terms of propellant consumption, although an assessment of these transfers at system level is still missing.
Mechanical engineering and machinery, 530, Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics, 620
Mechanical engineering and machinery, 530, Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics, 620
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