Orbit Design for Space Atom-Interferometer AIGSO
arXiv:1905.00600 · doi:10.1142/S0218271819400042
Abstract
Atom Interferometric Gravitational-wave (GW) Space Observatory (AIGSO) is a mission concept mainly aimed at the middle-frequency (0.1 Hz - 10 Hz) GW detection. AIGSO proposes to have three spacecraft in linear formation with extension of 10 km. The three spacecraft need to maintain 5 km + 5 km constant arm-length formation. In this study, we address the issue of orbit design and thruster requirement. The acceleration to maintain the formation can be designed to be less than 30 pm/s and the thruster requirement is in the 30 nN range. Application to other arm-length-maintaining missions is also discussed.
14 pages, 8 figures, accepted by IJMPD
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