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We studied Earth–Moon transfer trajectories in the circular restricted three-body problem (CRTBP) from the viewpoint of families and considered their applications in transferring a spacecraft from the Earth to periodic orbits around Sun–Earth libration point \(L_{2}\) (SE–L2). Initially, twelve families of trajectories with transfer time shorter than fifty days are identified in the Earth–Moon system. By connecting these transfers with stable manifolds of the target orbit, low-energy transfers from the low Earth orbit to a small-amplitude periodic orbit around SE–L2 are determined in two separate CRTBPs (Earth–Moon and Sun–Earth CRTBPs). Then, taking the patched trajectories as initial guesses and introducing a small maneuver at the perilune, we optimize the whole transfer trajectories in the Sun–Earth–Moon–Spacecraft system. Results indicate that it is possible to realize low-energy transfers to small-amplitude orbits around SE–L2 by patching the Earth–Moon transfers with stable manifolds of the target orbits.
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This work is carried out with the financial support of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 11603011) and the National Basic Research Program 973 of China (2015CB857100), and the National Defense Scientific Research Fund (No. 2016110C019).
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Guo, Q., Lei, H. Families of Earth–Moon trajectories with applications to transfers towards Sun–Earth libration point orbits. Astrophys Space Sci 364, 43 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10509-019-3532-1
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