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. 2020 Jul 28;177:351–372. doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2020.07.032

Table 4.

Summary of ΔV requirements.

From To ΔV (km/s) Xfer (days) Reference
LEO (407 km) TLI 3.276 <1 Mueller (2012)*
**TLI Lunar Surface 2.900 5 Copernicus SW **
TLI LLO (100 km) 0.952 5 Mueller (2012)*
TLI NRHO 0.450 5 DAC2
NRHO LLO (100 km) 0.740 <1 DAC2
LLO (100 km) Lunar Surface 2.180 <1 Mueller (2012)*
RPOD Any 0.045 <1 DAC2
LLO 2.5° Plane Change Lunar Surface 0.071 0 Calculated ***
Lunar Surface LLO (100 km) 1.968 <1 Mueller (2012)*
LLO (100 km) TEI 1.256 <1 Mueller (2012)*
LLO (100 km) NRHO 0.850 <1 DAC2
NRHO TEI 0.450 <1 DAC2
TEI Splashdown 0.011 5 Mueller (2012)*

* Includes 5% reserve.

** NASA software simulation, COPERNICUS program.

*** See Appendix B for Calculations.