Potential Launch Opportunities for a SmallSat Mission around the Moon Injected during a Lunar Flyby En Route to Mars

Figure 1

EMMGA transfer option schematics. The left side represents the 1^st stage transfer trajectory inside of the Earth’s SOI, and the right side represents the 2^nd and 3^rd stage transfer trajectories in the Sun-centered system (not to scale).

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