The authors here propose a mission scenario, aimed at close exploration of a NearEarth Asteroid, exploiting low- V resonant trajectories. These trajectories allow repeated fly-bys of a chosen target. A selection procedure, which has been used to find some interesting mission opportunities in the 2005­2015 time frame, is described and the corresponding detailed mission profiles are derived, using an indirect optimization method.

Resonant fly-by missions to near Earth asteroids

Rossi A.;Valsecchi G. B.
2002

Abstract

The authors here propose a mission scenario, aimed at close exploration of a NearEarth Asteroid, exploiting low- V resonant trajectories. These trajectories allow repeated fly-bys of a chosen target. A selection procedure, which has been used to find some interesting mission opportunities in the 2005­2015 time frame, is described and the corresponding detailed mission profiles are derived, using an indirect optimization method.
2002
Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione "Alessandro Faedo" - ISTI
Near Earth Asteroids
Space missions
Resonance
Fly-by
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