Lunar instrument carrier: trajectory studies.

H. A. Lieske

ResearchPublished 1956

One of several RAND studies on problems related to landing a package of scientific instruments and associated equipment on the surface of the moon. This research memorandum presents the results of a study of earth-moon "transit" trajectories describing the two-dimensional free-flight motion of a vehicle from a given point above the earth--reached by a matching powered-ascent trajectory--to impact on the surface of the moon. By varying the initial parameters of the flight, the author examines their effect upon the location of the impact point and, for transit trajectories that miss the moon, upon the proper position for placing the vehicle in orbit around the moon.

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  • Copyright: RAND Corporation
  • Availability: Web Only
  • Year: 1956
  • Pages: 93
  • Document Number: RM-1728

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Lieske, H. A., Lunar instrument carrier: trajectory studies. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1956. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_memoranda/RM1728.html.
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