Tulip-Shaped Orbits for Lunar South-Pole PNT and Direct-to-Earth Relay Missions

arXiv:2607.10482 · eess.SY, astro-ph.EP, math.OC · Submitted 2026-07-11 · Read on arXiv

Darin C. Koblick, Michael Casey

eess.SY, astro-ph.EP, math.OC

Submitted: 2026-07-11

Comments: 9 pages, 6 figures

Code: https://github.com/Coorbital-Inc/pumpkyn

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Lunar Augmented Navigation System — 3× in this paper
• Lunar Data Network — 3× in this paper
• Benchmark — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Fidelity — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Lunar Communications Relay and Navigation Systems — 2× in this paper
• Augmented Forward Signal — 1× in this paper
• Lunar Relay Services Requirements Document — 1× in this paper
• Trace — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

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