On the design of the orbital constellation of a lunar global navigation satellite system

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Based on the results of numerical modeling and investigation of orbital structures in the lunar dynamic space, this article proposes an original orbital grouping of the lunar global navigation satellite system in quasi-frozen highly elliptical and highly inclined orbits. The proposed grouping has structural stability and provides effective navigation coverage. The search for such a configuration of the lunar GNSS was carried out by varying the positional orbital elements in wide ranges: the semimajor axis from 4 to 12 radii of the Moon, the eccentricity from 0 to 0.7, and the inclination from 40°to 65°.

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V. A. Avdyushev

Research Institute of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, Tomsk State University

Email: sch@niipmm.tsu.ru
Tomsk, Russia

N. A. Popandopulo

Research Institute of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, Tomsk State University

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Email: sch@niipmm.tsu.ru
Tomsk, Russia

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