Rotating frame of reference. 

Rotating frame of reference. 

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Regarding practical applications of L3 of the Sun-Earth system, there are few studies with the goal of placing a spacecraft at this point, or in orbit around it. One of the main problems in placing a spacecraft near this equilibrium point is the fact that it is located behind the Sun with respect to the Earth. The Sun would be blocking direct commu...

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... rotating frame of reference is shown in Fig- ure 1, where the bodies involved (Sun, Earth and spacecraft) and the new artificial equilibrium point near L 3 can be seen. The Sun is placed at the center of the reference system, with the Earth in a circu- lar orbit at radius R. The satellite equipped with a solar sail -a flat one -remains fixed in the artificial equilibrium point near L 3 . ...
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... to Figure 1, the r s and r e vectors can be written as: ...
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... α = arctan h e x e is the smallest angle be- tween r s and the x axis, as shown in Figure 1. Using equation (10), the two non-trivial equa- tions left from the vector components of equation (9) are written as: ...
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... maximum value of h e reached by a space- craft for a given ratio A/m is significantly increased (almost doubled) for the configuration of Communi- cation Solution 3 in comparison with the previously given solutions, as shown in Figure 10. ...
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... both spacecraft can be useful, one to interact with regions near the south pole and the other one with regions near the north pole, simultaneously. Figure 11 illustrates the extension of this kind of solution. ...

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