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  2. Orbit modeling - Wikipedia

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    Orbit modeling is the process of creating mathematical models to simulate motion of a massive body as it moves in orbit around another massive body due to gravity.Other forces such as gravitational attraction from tertiary bodies, air resistance, solar pressure, or thrust from a propulsion system are typically modeled as secondary effects.

  3. Apollo abort modes - Wikipedia

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    Apollo Launch Escape System diagram. If the rocket failed in the last five minutes before launch, the CM and the launch escape system (LES, see figure) would separate from the remainder of the rocket below with the LES propelling itself and the CM beneath it upward and eastward to the sea using a small solid-fueled motor (the launch escape motor) at the top of the tower on the launch escape ...

  4. Spacecraft flight dynamics - Wikipedia

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    The principles of flight dynamics are used to model a vehicle's powered flight during launch from the Earth; a spacecraft's orbital flight; maneuvers to change orbit; translunar and interplanetary flight; launch from and landing on a celestial body, with or without an atmosphere; entry through the atmosphere of the Earth or other celestial body ...

  5. Clohessy–Wiltshire equations - Wikipedia

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    Suppose a target body is moving in a circular orbit and a chaser body is moving in an elliptical orbit. Let ,, be the relative position of the chaser relative to the target with radially outward from the target body, is along the orbit track of the target body, and is along the orbital angular momentum vector of the target body (i.e., ,, form a right-handed triad).

  6. Orbital state vectors - Wikipedia

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    Orbital position vector, orbital velocity vector, other orbital elements. In astrodynamics and celestial dynamics, the orbital state vectors (sometimes state vectors) of an orbit are Cartesian vectors of position and velocity that together with their time () uniquely determine the trajectory of the orbiting body in space.

  7. Orbital mechanics - Wikipedia

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    From a circular orbit, thrust applied in a direction opposite to the satellite's motion changes the orbit to an elliptical one; the satellite will descend and reach the lowest orbital point (the periapse) at 180 degrees away from the firing point; then it will ascend back. The period of the resultant orbit will be less than that of the original ...

  8. Paulina Porizkova Gained 15 Lbs. After Recent Surgery but ...

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    Paulina Porizkova isn't going to sweat a little bit of weight gain. The model, 59, shared on Instagram on Jan. 8 that she recently experienced some weight gain, and initially, it concerned her ...

  9. Orbital elements - Wikipedia

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    There are many different ways to mathematically describe the same orbit, but certain schemes, each consisting of a set of six parameters, are commonly used in astronomy and orbital mechanics. A real orbit and its elements change over time due to gravitational perturbations by other objects and the effects of general relativity. A Kepler orbit ...