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In this paper, we investigate the numerical computation of minimum-energy low-thrust transfers between Libration point orbits in the Circular Restricted Three-Body Problem. We develop a three-step methodology based on optimal control theory, indirect shooting methods and variational equations without using information from invariant manifolds. Numerical results are provided in the case of transfers between Lyapunov orbits around \(L_{1}\) and \(L_{2}\) in the Earth-Moon system demonstrating the efficiency of the developed approach for different values of the transfer duration leading to trajectories with one or two revolutions around the Moon.
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The greatest thanks to my CNES colleague Elisabet Canalias for fruitful discussions and advices. I would like also to express my gratitude to Josep Masdemont and Gerard Gómez from the University of Barcelona for the FORTRAN codes implementing Lindstedt-Poincaré techniques, provided under a CNES contract in 2008.
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Epenoy, R. (2016). Low-Thrust Transfers Between Libration Point Orbits Without Explicit Use of Manifolds. In: Bonnard, B., Chyba, M. (eds) Recent Advances in Celestial and Space Mechanics. Mathematics for Industry, vol 23. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27464-5_5
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