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

Example 3: Hohman transfer from circular Earth orbit (altitude = 200 km) to geostationary<br />

orbit (r = 42219 km); what is fuel consumption to bring a 1 t payload to GEO with a specific<br />

impulse of 3100 [m/s]?<br />

Velocity in LEO:<br />

Velocity in LEO:<br />

398,600<br />

V = μ =<br />

=<br />

r 6387 + 200<br />

7.78<br />

[ km / s]<br />

Velocity in GEO similarly is<br />

3.07 [km/s]<br />

Semimajor axis of transfer ellipse is<br />

( 6387 + 200)<br />

+ 42219<br />

a =<br />

=<br />

2<br />

24403<br />

[ km]<br />

Perigee velocity in transfer ellipse is:<br />

V<br />

p<br />

=<br />

2μ<br />

μ<br />

− =<br />

r a<br />

p<br />

2*398600<br />

−<br />

6387 + 200<br />

398600<br />

24403<br />

=<br />

= 10.22<br />

[ km / s]<br />

Example 3, cont‘d

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