Lunar launch window

Lunar windows or lunar windows are called the time intervals that are most appropriate to start a flight to the Moon.

In general terms, there is an optimal time each day, an optimum day for each lunar month (28 days) and an optimal month for each period of 18.6 years.

The convenience of using these windows, is not another that, by launching in a west-east direction, take advantage of the rotating pulse of the Earth thus increasing the speed at 1,600 km / h.

The time these windows remain open is approximately 10 minutes, which should be postponed until the following day.

In order to get a perfect launch, besides taking into account the lunar windows, it is also necessary to count the factor of the average Earth-Moon distance, as well as the lunar phase that presents the same at the time of arriving the ship to its environs.

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