Question C: Mars arrival 3- How much Av (km/s) will it cost to circularize the orbit? (give the magnitude of the Av, that is your answer in absolute value)
Question C: Mars arrival 3- How much Av (km/s) will it cost to circularize the orbit? (give the magnitude of the Av, that is your answer in absolute value)
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Transcribed Image Text:Question C: Mars arrival
3- How much Av (km/s) will it cost to
circularize the orbit? (give the magnitude
of the Av, that is your answer in absolute
value)
4- At the periapsis, how should the Av; be
oriented?
In the direction of the velocity
vector
Opposite to the velocity vector
Perpendicular to the velocity
vector
I don't know
Transcribed Image Text:Question C: Mars arrival
The spacecraft is entering Mars' sphere of
influence with the excess velocity
computed above and a periapsis altitude
of 400km was targeted.
2- What type of trajectory is the spacecraft
on?
O Elliptical
O Circular
O Parabolic
O Hyperbolic
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