@inproceedings{78189075d5a940a790bfff3c8627635c,
title = "Low energy escape trajectory for the Mars moon sample return mission",
abstract = "In this paper, we investigate the low-energy escape trajectory design for a mission called Martian Moons eXplorer to achieve the world's first sample return from Martian moon. The hybrid usage of chemical and electric propulsion with combination of the three-body and two-body problems has come into consideration in order to seek a fast low-energy escape from Mars. We first study the needs of pre-departure sequence. Then, we determine the transition point from a low-energy three-body phase to a low-thrust two-body phase, in which the tube dynamics is employed for the low-energy three-body phase. We finally develop charts to reveal the relation between the velocity in Mars Escape Injection maneuver and the required time of flight.",
author = "Makoto Horikawa and Yasuhiro Kawakatsu and Hiroaki Yoshimura",
note = "Funding Information: The authors thank Stefano Campagnola, Kaori Onozaki and Daniel Garc{\'i}a Y{\'a}rnoz for fruitful discussions. H.Y. is partially supported by JSPS (Grant-in-Aid 26400408), JST (CREST), Waseda University (SR 2014B- 162, SR 2015B-183), and the MEXT {"}Top Global University Project{"} at Waseda University.; 26th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, 2016 ; Conference date: 14-02-2016 Through 18-02-2016",
year = "2016",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780877036333",
series = "Advances in the Astronautical Sciences",
publisher = "Univelt Inc.",
pages = "1479--1488",
editor = "Ozimek, {Martin T.} and Renato Zanetti and Bowes, {Angela L.} and Russell, {Ryan P.} and Ozimek, {Martin T.}",
booktitle = "Spaceflight Mechanics 2016",
}