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Quasi-solar Synchronous Orbit around the Moon based on Spatial Distant Retrograde Orbits (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Peng, L., Liang, Y., Pushparaj, N., & Shi, P. (2023). Quasi-solar Synchronous Orbit around the Moon based on Spatial Distant Retrograde Orbits.

The last several decades have witnessed the rapid development of lunar exploration, promoting researches on various types of lunar orbits including Distant Retrograde Orbits (abbr. DRO) that are feasible for orbiting tasks due to their stability. Man... Read More about Quasi-solar Synchronous Orbit around the Moon based on Spatial Distant Retrograde Orbits.

Breaking the Cycle: Novel Capture Mechanisms for Active Space Debris Removal (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Taggart, A., Harris, J., Pushparaj, N., & Cappelletti, C. (2023). Breaking the Cycle: Novel Capture Mechanisms for Active Space Debris Removal.

Since the launch of Sputnik 1 in 1957, over 6000 rockets and more than 11,300 satellites have been launched into space, resulting in a high number of artificial space debris in orbit around Earth. Of this debris, there are over one million objects be... Read More about Breaking the Cycle: Novel Capture Mechanisms for Active Space Debris Removal.

Optimal Transfer Trajectories between Relative Quasi-Satellite Orbits (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Pushparaj, N., Hiraiwa, N., & Bando, M. (2023). Optimal Transfer Trajectories between Relative Quasi-Satellite Orbits.

Quasi-satellite orbits (QSOs) are stable retrograde orbits in the restricted three-body problem that have gained attention as a viable candidate for future deep-space missions towards remote planetary satellites. Several mission design proposal uses... Read More about Optimal Transfer Trajectories between Relative Quasi-Satellite Orbits.