Spacecraft Survivability Near the Stable Earth-Moon Lagrange Points

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

8-10-2020

Abstract

The theoretical analysis of the short- and long-term motion of natural and artificial space debris in the vicinity of the stable Earth-Moon Lagrange Points, L4 and L5, is presented with a focus on the potential debris risks to spacecraft operating near these points. Specifically, the research formulates a debris propagation model using three- and four-body dynamics and determines the debris density at various time periods for different initial debris particle numbers. The survivability of notional spacecraft operating at the L4 and L5 Lagrange points is determined based on the resulting distribution of debris.

Comments

This conference paper was later published in Advances in the Astronautical Sciences, volume 175, p 1779-1796, 2021

Source Publication

2020 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference

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