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LISA Pathfinder mission extension: A feasibility analysis

Rasotto, Mirco; Renk, Florian; Dei Tos, Diogene A. +1 more

A proposed mission extension for LISA Pathfinder involved redirecting the probe to the Sun-Earth gravitational saddle point. Realistic models for both space and ground segments were used to carry out a number of analyses for trajectory design, orbit determination, and navigation cost. In this work, we present the methods that allow assessing the f…