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Problem 8.16 On 15 August 2005 a spacecraft in a 190 km, 52° inclination circular parking orbit around
the earth departed on a mission to Mars, arriving at the red planet on 15 March 2006, whereupon retro
rockets place it into a highly elliptic orbit with a periapsis of 300 km and a period of 35 hours. Determine
the total delta-v required for this mission.
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Solutions Manual Orbital Mechanics for Engineering Students Third Edition Chapter 8
Solutions Manual Orbital Mechanics for Engineering Students Third Edition Chapter 8
Solutions Manual Orbital Mechanics for Engineering Students Third Edition Chapter 8
coe(4)/deg)
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2*pi/sqrt(mu)*coe(7)^1.5/24/3600)
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Problem 8.16: Earth to Mars
Solutions Manual Orbital Mechanics for Engineering Students Third Edition Chapter 8
The output shows that at departure from earth,
v4.076 km s
. Hence, the spacecraft velocity at peri-
gee of the departure hyperbola is
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