CONCLUSION OF LOCATION CHOICE

F = gravitational force between two objects m1 and m2 = masses of the objects r = distance between the centers G = Newton’s constant of gravitation = 6,67 . 10-11 Given r, distance between Sun and Venus = 108208000 km; M = mass of the VSS’ vehicle The distance between Sun and a spacecraft situated in Lagrange L1 point is d1

d1 =

The L4 and L5 are the most stable of the five Lagrangian points due to Corriolis force. Even if perturbations can interfere with the body placed in one such point, it will drift back toward its initial position. Aphrodite’s Venus Settlement Station, can be placed in L4 in Phase 1, L5 in Phase 2, while settlement’s vehicles can orbit in L1, L2 Lagrange points and dock into VSS. One turn around L1 and L2 takes approximately 112.5 days, which corresponds to half the period of revolution of Venus around the Sun (243 days) For the Sun-Venus system, such a low-cost flight between the L1 and L2 orbits will take about one month.

As ISS (International Space Station) is located at 340 km above Earth into atmosphere and not Lagrange Points, as LP are too far away for regular trips, we will place our settlement into Venus atmosphere as well, keeping L4 and L5 Lagrange points as backup plans for moving to a stable environment, in case unexpected phenomenon might occur. L1 and L2 will be the trajectory of Aphrodite’s Venus Settlement Station’ s vehicles for observation, research and resources, as except for settlement itself, which will be located into Venus clouds, our habitat will also have vehicles for transportation that will dock into Aphrodite. Lagrange Points will serve as stable points for satellites and backup plan, closer to Venus, than Earth.