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Velocity increment<br />

- 12-<br />

Required Velocity Change ≡ Velocity increment ∆v (m/s) of launch/space maneuvers.<br />

(Change in velocity imparted <strong>to</strong> the launcher/spacecraft by the propulsion system <strong>to</strong><br />

complete space maneuvers; data listed are indicative only)<br />

START<br />

Kourou<br />

(French Guiana)<br />

DESTINATION<br />

LEO<br />

GTO<br />

TYPICAL ∆V REQUIREMENT<br />

m/s<br />

9 300<br />

11 443<br />

REMARKS<br />

Equa<strong>to</strong>rial<br />

(∆v-gain by earth rotation: 465 m/s)<br />

Cap Canaveral<br />

LEO<br />

9 500<br />

Equa<strong>to</strong>rial<br />

(USA)<br />

GEO<br />

13 600<br />

LEO GEO 4 260 Change of inclination: 28°, Cap Canaveral<br />

GTO<br />

GEO<br />

LEO (parking)<br />

GEO<br />

GEO<br />

Earth orbit escape<br />

Lunar orbit<br />

Mars orbit<br />

1 500<br />

1 800<br />

North/South station-keeping: ≈ 50 /year<br />

East/West station-keeping: ≈ 3 –6 /year<br />

Attitude control: ≈ 3% of <strong>to</strong>tal propellant<br />

budget<br />

3 200<br />

3 900<br />

5 700<br />

Change of inclination: 9°, Kourou<br />

Change of inclination: 28°, Cap Canaveral<br />

On orbit operations<br />

(orbit maintenance requirements per year)<br />

In<strong>to</strong> planetary trajec<strong>to</strong>ry<br />

Legend: LEO = Low Earth Orbit (≈300 km)<br />

GTO = Geostationary Transfer Orbit (Apogee: ≈36 000 km; Perigee: ≈200 km)<br />

GEO = Geostationary Earth Orbit (≈36 000 km)

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