Description:
The aim of this paper is to revise the suitability of Near-
Rectilinear Halo Orbits (NRHOs) as long-term destinations
for a new crew-tended space station; referred here as Deep
Space Gateway (DSG). NRHOs are a subset of the halo
families characterized by promising stability properties. The
document presents the formal definition and identification of
NRHOs, as in the CR3BP model. Dynamical substitutes of
the NRHOs are also refined in the Bi-Circular Model (BCM)
by means of a multiple shooting method. Key features such
as lunar south-pole coverage, station keeping requirements
and accessibility of the orbit are then analysed. Several
maintenance strategies based on three different underlying
principles are considered and, finally, the accessibility of
NRHOs from the Earth and polar Moon orbits is investigated.