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Problem 7

A satellite transfers from a low circular orbit of altitude 350 km to a Geosynchronous orbit using a

Hohmann transfer. a) What is the radius of the final orbit? b) Calculate the eccentricity of the transfer

ellipse. c) Calculate velocity increments at perigee and apogee and the total.

(Answers: 42.2×10³ km, 0.725, 2.41km/s, 1.46km/s, 3.87km/s)