Space Propulsion - IAP/TU Wien
Space Propulsion - IAP/TU Wien
Space Propulsion - IAP/TU Wien
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<strong>Space</strong> <strong>Propulsion</strong><br />
coplanar orbit changes<br />
changing a circular orbit to a<br />
coplanar elliptical orbit<br />
generalised coplanar<br />
maneuvre<br />
ΔV<br />
2<br />
= V<br />
2<br />
i<br />
+ V<br />
2<br />
f<br />
− 2V<br />
V<br />
i<br />
f<br />
cosα<br />
ΔV is smallest when this<br />
term is largest cosα = 1<br />
<br />
<br />
the transfer can be made at any intersection of two orbits.<br />
the least velocity change is necessary when the orbits are tangent and α is<br />
zero