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The classification of cislunar trajectories and its applications in the Earth–Moon system

Xu, Ming; Xu, Shijie; Liang, Yuying

This paper considers the evolvement of cislunar transfers and addresses two distinct types, i.e., direct and low-energy transfers based on Apollo and SMART-1 missions. Both direct and low-energy trajectories are discussed systematically in the context of restricted three-body dynamics in this paper. The differences between them are assessed by con…