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The rising of the CubeSat concept is re-defning the canonical approach to
space mission design. The exponential interest in the use of CubeSats for deep
space missions opens up a wide range of new possibilities along with new technological
challenges. The reduced spacecraft available space combined with
stringent mission requirements drives the search for innovative solutions for
the optimization of the resources on board. On the other hand, new horizons
are opening up for CubeSat applications; Libration point missions for
scienti c or support purposes seem to be the next step in the development
and re nement of nano-satellite technologies. This work proposes an innovative
solution where the stand-alone CubeSat main propulsion system and the
ADCS actuators merge together in a 4-thruster assembly able to provide both
Station-Keeping and Attitude Control for Libration Point missions.

Station-Keeping --- Attitude Control --- CubeSat --- Control Allocation --- Libration point Orbits --- Under-Actuated Spacecraft --- Ingénierie, informatique & technologie > Ingénierie aérospatiale

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Science: general issues --- Astronomy, space & time --- cislunar dynamics --- Libration point orbits --- Third-body perturbation --- Rendez-vous --- Station-keeping --- Debris mitigation --- mini-moons --- Lunar impacts --- asteroid retrieval --- Earth–Moon–Sun system