Hohmann transfer orbit
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title:
Hohmann transfer orbit
text:
In astronautics, the Hohmann transfer orbit is an orbital maneuver used to transfer a spacecraft between two orbits of different altitudes around a central body. For example, a Hohmann transfer could be used to raise a satellite's orbit from low Earth orbit to geostationary orbit. In the idealized case, the initial and target orbits are both circular and coplanar. The maneuver is accomplished by placing the craft into an elliptical transfer orbit that is tangential to both the initial and target
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Transfer manoeuvre between two orbits
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hohmann_transfer_orbit
date created:
2002-12-08T14:37:04Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T19:00:26Z
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