Cislunar Space
Cislunar space alternatively cis lunar space is the volume within the moon s orbit or a sphere formed by rotating that orbit.
Cislunar space. No crewed missions the united states space force is not going to be sending humans into space for national security purposes anytime soon maj. Volumes within that such as low earth orbit leo are distinguished by other names. The region outside earth s atmosphere and extending out to just beyond the moon s orbit including the lagrangian points is sometimes referred to as cislunar space.
The region of space where earth s gravity remains dominant against gravitational perturbations from the sun is called the hill sphere. Ula developed cislunar 1000 because they foresee a wide variety of potential commercial activities in space built around the manufacture and sale of space resources specifically water and the propellant derived from it to fuel transfer stages that move payloads around and through cislunar space. Cislunar initiative will provide national leadership in the development of cislunar space.
Practically cislunar space is a useful label for the volume between geostationary orbit and the moon s orbit. Definition of cislunar. But the mainstream space industry.
Space force envisions cislunar monitoring. Through a process of exploration and discovery cislunar initiative will expand access to space identify and utilize space resources advance the development of space policy and grow the cislunar economy. Part of the space force s mission is to ensure freedom of action in space and with nasa preparing to once again send astronauts to the moon through the artemis program the nascent service needs to have a better understanding of what is happening in cislunar space.
John hopkins applied physics lab is even planning the first of what its website says will be an annual classified cislunar security space conference on oct.