Tangential-Orbit Maneuver

Tangential-orbit maneuver occurs at the point where the velocity vector of spacecraft is tangent to its position vector, typically at perigee point.

Example 9-1

Determine the ∆V required to transfer from a circular orbit into elliptic orbit.

Solution

The ∆V between two orbit can be shown as follow:   ( 9‑5)   Figure 9-6. Single coplanar maneuver.       Figure 9-6 shows a typical tangential orbit maneuver at perigee point. Using the equation 9-5, the ∆V required is,

Non-Tangential Coplanar Maneuver

The orbit maneuver does not limited only at apogee and perigee point. If condition is allowed, the satellite able to perform the orbit maneuvers at any point.

Figure 9- 1 shows the ∆V vector required for a non-tangential orbit maneuver, where α is the difference angle between the flight path angle of V₁ and V₂.

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Hohmann Transfer

The Hohmann’s transfer is the minimum two-impulse transfer between coplanar circular orbits. It can be used to transfer a satellite between two nonintersecting orbits (Walters Hohmann 1925).

The fundamental of the Hohmann’s transfer is a simple maneuver. This maneuver employs an intermediate elliptic orbit which is tangent to both initial and final orbits at their apsides. To accomplish the transfer, two burns are needed. The first burn will insert the spacecraft into the transfer orbit, where it will coast from periapsis to apoapsis. At apoapsis, the second burn is applied to insert spacecraft into final orbit.

Figure 9-7 represents a Hohmann’s transfer from a circular orbit into another circular orbit. A tangential ΔV₁ is applied to the circular orbit velocity. The magnitude of ΔV₁ is determined by the requirement that the apogee radius of the resulting transfer ellipse must equal the radius of the final circular orbit. When the satellite reaches apogee of the transfer orbit, another ΔV must be added or the satellite will remain in the transfer ellipse. This ΔV is the difference between the apogee velocity in the transfer orbit and the circular orbit velocity in the final orbit. After ΔV₂ has been applied, the satellite is in the final orbit, and the transfer has been completed.

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Figure 9-7. Hohmann transfer.

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Example 9-2

Determine the total ∆V required for Hohmann transfer to transfer from a LEO with hinitial = 191.344 km into GEO.

Solution

The initial and final radius is, rinitial = 191.344 + 6378.145 = 6569.489 km rfinal = 42164.215 km At first impulse, the delta-v required is,   where, Thus, For the second impulse, the delta-v required is, The total delta-v require is, km/sec

Example 9‑3

Two geocentric elliptical orbits have common apse lines and their perigees are on the same side of the Earth. The first orbit has a perigee radius of km and , whereas for the second orbit km and . Find the minimum total delta-v and the time of flight for a transfer from the perigee of the inner orbit to the apogee of the outer orbit. Do part (a) for a transfer from the apogee of the inner orbit to the perigee of the outer orbit.

Solution

For 1st orbit: km km km/sec For 2nd orbit: km & km km km/sec For transient orbit: km & km km km/sec km/sec km/sec km/sec km/sec sec Time of flight, TOF: sec hr   For 1st orbit: km km/sec For 2nd orbit: km/sec For transient orbit: km & km km   km/sec km/sec km/sec km/sec km/sec sec Time of flight, TOF: hr

Example 9-4

A spacecraft is in a 300 km circular earth orbit. Calculate the transfer orbit time for a Hohmann transfer to a 3000 km coplanar circular Earth orbit.

Solution

For initial orbit, 1: km km/sec For final orbit, 3: km km/sec For elliptical transient orbit, 2: km km km Transfer orbit time hr

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