Hohmann Transfer Orbit - SlideServe

The most efficient way to send a spacecraft from the earth to another planet is to use a Hohmann transfer orbit (Fig. P13.79). If the orbits of the departure and destination planets are circular, the Hohmann transfer orbit is an elliptical orbit whose perihelion and aphelion are tangent to the orbits of the two planets. The rockets are fired briefly at the departure planet to put the spacecraft into the transfer orbit; the spacecraft then coasts until it reaches the destination planet. The rocke

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