Preliminary orbital control strategy for LISA

Physics & Astronomy

• active control 44%
• configurations 20%
• eccentricity 40%
• formation flying 57%
• histories 30%
• inclination 36%
• interferometers 30%
• interferometry 32%
• LISA (observatory) 100%
• longitude 45%
• orbitals 53%
• shift 22%
• solar orbits 56%
• spacecraft 68%
• thrust 42%
• triangles 39%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• active control 55%
• antenna 72%
• eccentricity 42%
• firing 38%
• history 21%
• interferometer 88%
• interferometry 40%
• laser 56%
• longitude 36%
• rate 12%
• spacecraft 69%
• thrust 32%

Engineering & Materials Science

• Antennas 48%
• Doppler effect 46%
• Interferometers 93%
• Interferometry 45%
• Lasers 57%
• Orbits 33%
• Spacecraft 67%