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Space Propulsion - IAP/TU Wien

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

Hohmann transfer: minimum energy transfer<br />

between circular orbits<br />

orbit circularisation<br />

transfer orbit insertion<br />

V<br />

=<br />

μ<br />

r<br />

r f > r i<br />

V f < V i<br />

nevertheless all maneuvers<br />

are accelerating<br />

transfer orbit:<br />

periapsis radius = radius of initial orbit<br />

apoapsis radius = radius of final orbit

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