Abstract
The present paper searches for transfers from the Earth to three of the Kuiper Belt Objects (KBO): Haumea, Makemake, and Quaoar. These trajectories are obtained considering different possibilities of intermediate planet gravity assists. The model is based on the "patched-conics" approach. The best trajectories are found by searching for the minimum total ΔV transfer for a given launch window, inside the 2023-2034 interval, and disregarding the ΔV required for the capture at the target object. The results show transfers with duration below 20 years that spend a total ΔV under 10km/s. There is also one trajectory for each of the KBOs with ΔV under 10km/s and duration below 10 years, using the Jupiter swingby. For the 20-year trajectories, there are also asteroids in the main belt that could be encountered with low additional ΔV, so increasing the scientific return of the mission.
