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Solar gravity propelled highly elliptical resident Earth orbits have been utilized to improve lunar mission performance. A regularized orbit propagator has been used to perform linear search for initial conditions that produce energy-saving pre-trans-lunar injection exo-atmospheric highly elliptical orbits. Additional propellant mass margin or smaller piggyback payloads to the Moon/high altitude orbits may be enabled by such transfers.
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We would like to extend our gratitude to Padma Shri Dr. V. Adimurthy for the fruitful discussion. We extend our thanks to the IBM Centre of Excellence for Big Data Software at Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences. The first author acknowledges Dr. Moriba Jah and the Texas Advanced Computing Centre at UTAustin.
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Sellamuthu, H., Arumugam, S., Sharma, R.K. (2020). Sun Gravity-Assist to Trans-Lunar Injection Orbits. In: Maity, D., Siddheshwar, P., Saha, S. (eds) Advances in Fluid Mechanics and Solid Mechanics. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0772-4_1
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