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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

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