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Space Propulsion - IAP/TU Wien

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

Tsiolkovsky equation<br />

ΔV<br />

= −V<br />

e<br />

ln<br />

m<br />

m<br />

i<br />

f<br />

m<br />

m<br />

i<br />

f<br />

=<br />

e<br />

ΔV<br />

−<br />

v e<br />

since direction of v e (exhaust velocity) is opposite to velocity gain ΔV, the ratio<br />

- ΔV/v e is always positive; therefore we can express the exponent as ΔV/ Iv e I<br />

m<br />

m<br />

i<br />

f<br />

= e<br />

ΔV<br />

v<br />

e<br />

• initial mass increases exponentially with ΔV (@ m f = const.)<br />

• decreases exponentially with v e<br />

• final mass, which can be brought into orbit with ΔV de-<br />

…creases with increasing ΔV and increases with v e

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