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Transfer orbit

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34: 524: 565: 429: 201: 270: 484:, an elliptical orbit used to transfer a spacecraft between two circular orbits of different altitudes in the same plane 558: 91: 493: 474: 594: 422: 355: 551: 350: 265: 221: 589: 490:, a slower method of transfer, but one that may be more efficient than a Hohmann transfer orbit 481: 415: 138: 323: 158: 66: 487: 196: 153: 143: 71: 8: 238: 76: 539: 311: 186: 443: 226: 163: 42: 459: 451: 396: 345: 110: 54: 584: 507: 401: 306: 216: 191: 535: 497: 463: 373: 289: 283: 206: 125: 120: 578: 378: 211: 168: 16:
Elliptical orbit used to move a spacecraft from one circular orbit to another
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There are several types of transfer orbits, which vary in their
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transfer orbit is usually also a Hohmann transfer orbit
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Index


Orbital mechanics
Orbital elements
Apsis
Argument of periapsis
Eccentricity
Inclination
Mean anomaly
Orbital nodes
Semi-major axis
True anomaly
two-body orbits
Circular orbit
Elliptic orbit
Transfer orbit
Hohmann transfer orbit
Bi-elliptic transfer orbit
Parabolic orbit
Hyperbolic orbit
Radial orbit
Decaying orbit
Dynamical friction
Escape velocity
Kepler's equation
Kepler's laws of planetary motion
Orbital period
Orbital velocity
Surface gravity
Specific orbital energy
Vis-viva equation

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