Orbital Burns

Experiment with firing a rocket to change its orbit. See how this affects semi-major axis, eccentricity, and the orientation of the orbit. Rocket burns are assumed to happen on a much shorter time scale than an orbit, so that the position of the spacecraft does not change significantly during the burn.

 

Keith Harrison

 
Tipo de recurso
Actividad
Etiquetas
aerospace  physics 
Grupo destino (edad)
13 – 19+
Idioma
English
 
 
 
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