Design and application of low energy transfer orbit based on Lissajous staging post

• Published in: Xibei Gongye Daxue Xuebao Vol. 43; no. 2; pp. 212 - 221
• Main Authors: YU, Huichang, DAI, Honghua, ZHANG, Jiye, WANG, Yamin, YUE, Xiaokui, ZHANG, Yonghe
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: EDP Sciences 01.04.2025
• Subjects: lissajous轨道; 不变流形; 航班化; 轨道优化; 轨道特性
• ISSN: 1000-2758; 2609-7125
• DOI: 10.1051/jnwpu/20254320212

Lissajous orbit is a kind of quasi-periodic orbit, which has rich shape choices, more mission flexibility and less fuel consumption required for orbit maintenance. Therefore, it can be used as a staging post orbit for the future construction of the cislunar space Airline-flight-mode transportation network. Low-energy transfer orbits from low Earth orbit to the Lissajous staging post will be the basis of building an economic and sustainable transportation system. However, the characteristics of low energy transfer orbits based on Lissajous staging post are currently unclear, and for the staging post orbits whose invariant manifolds are far from the moon, the maneuvering insertion strategy adopted in the traditional three-maneuver design method cannot fully utilize its advantages in reducing fuel consumption. In view of the above issues, a design method of three-maneuver low-energy transfer combining patched manifold and lunar flyby is proposed. The dimension of the optimization problem is reduced by piecewise solution, and the optimal solution is obtained by bi-level optimization. The results show that the above design method can reduce transfer fuel consumption by about 18-400 m/s for some orbit insertion points, effectively increasing the range of optional insertion points, and is also applicable to large amplitude Lissajous staging post orbits. Finally, the variation characteristics of flyby azimuth, flyby height, orbital insertion position, and other celestial gravity effects are emphatically analyzed. The results have important reference value for the selection of staging post orbits, launch windows, and orbital insertion points in future cislunar space Airline-flight-mode transportation networks. Lissajous轨道是一类拟周期轨道, 其形状选择丰富更具任务灵活性, 且轨道保持所需消耗较小, 因此可作为未来构建地月空间航班化运输网络的中转站轨道。从近地轨道至Lissajous中转站的低能转移轨道设计是构建经济可持续运输体系的基础。然而, 目前基于Lissajous中转站的低能转移轨道特性尚不明确, 且对于不变流形距离月球较远的中转站轨道, 以往设计方法中采用的脉冲入轨策略对节能效果提升不够明显。针对以上问题, 提出了结合流形拼接与月球借力的三脉冲低能转移设计方法, 利用分段求解降低了优化问题的维度, 并采用双层优化获得最优解。仿真结果表明所提出的设计方法在部分轨道入轨点可降低18~400 m/s左右的脉冲消耗, 有效拓宽了可选入轨点的范围, 且该方法对于大幅值Lissajous中转站轨道同样具有适用性。重点研究了借力方位角、借力高度、入轨点位置和其他天体引力等对转移轨道特性的影响, 对于未来地月空间航班化运输网络的中转站轨道选取、发射窗口和入轨点等参数设计具有重要参考价值。