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Space Propulsion - IAP/TU Wien

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<strong>Space</strong> <strong>Propulsion</strong><br />

Gravitational trajectories<br />

h = H / m = r × V = rV sinφ<br />

= const specific angular momentum = const<br />

( V sinφ. dt) r<br />

d θ = /<br />

1 1<br />

dA ≅ r.<br />

.<br />

2 2<br />

( rdθ ) = rV sinφ<br />

dt<br />

dθ<br />

V sinφ<br />

= =<br />

dt r<br />

h<br />

2<br />

r<br />

dA<br />

dt<br />

=<br />

1<br />

2<br />

rV sinφ<br />

=<br />

h<br />

2<br />

= const<br />

2 nd Kepler‘s law: areal<br />

velocity is constant<br />

Plane trajectories and constant areal velocity follow from<br />

central force requirement only; force field must not be<br />

1/r 2 and not even conservative

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