A spacecraft and a satellite are at diametrically opposite positions in the same circular orbit of altitude
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A spacecraft and a satellite are at diametrically opposite positions in the same circular orbit of altitude 500 km above the earth. As it passes through point A, the spacecraft fires its engine for a short interval of time to increase its speed and enter an elliptic orbit. Knowing that the spacecraft returns to A at the same time the satellite reaches A after completing one and a half orbits, determine (a) The increase in speed required,
(b) The periodic time for the elliptic orbit.
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Vector Mechanics for Engineers Statics and Dynamics
ISBN: 978-0073398242
11th edition
Authors: Ferdinand Beer, E. Russell Johnston Jr., David Mazurek, Phillip Cornwell, Brian Self
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