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  2. Delta-v - Wikipedia

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    Delta-v is typically provided by the thrust of a rocket engine, but can be created by other engines. The time-rate of change of delta-v is the magnitude of the acceleration caused by the engines, i.e., the thrust per total vehicle mass. The actual acceleration vector would be found by adding thrust per mass on to the gravity vector and the ...

  3. Delta-v budget - Wikipedia

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    Delta-v in feet per second, and fuel requirements for a typical Apollo Lunar Landing mission. In astrodynamics and aerospace, a delta-v budget is an estimate of the total change in velocity (delta-v) required for a space mission. It is calculated as the sum of the delta-v required to perform each propulsive maneuver needed during

  4. Tsiolkovsky rocket equation - Wikipedia

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    A rocket's required mass ratio as a function of effective exhaust velocity ratio. The classical rocket equation, or ideal rocket equation is a mathematical equation that describes the motion of vehicles that follow the basic principle of a rocket: a device that can apply acceleration to itself using thrust by expelling part of its mass with high velocity and can thereby move due to the ...

  5. Glossary of mathematical symbols - Wikipedia

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    A mathematical symbol is a figure or a combination of figures that is used to represent a mathematical object, an action on mathematical objects, a relation between mathematical objects, or for structuring the other symbols that occur in a formula.

  6. Greek letters used in mathematics, science, and engineering

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    the Kronecker delta function [3] the Feigenbaum constants [4] the force of interest in mathematical finance; the Dirac delta function [5] the receptor which enkephalins have the highest affinity for in pharmacology [6] the Skorokhod integral in Malliavin calculus, a subfield of stochastic analysis; the minimum degree of any vertex in a given graph

  7. Orbital mechanics - Wikipedia

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    Planetary gravity dominates the behavior of the spacecraft in the vicinity of a planet and in most cases Hohmann severely overestimates delta-v, and produces highly inaccurate prescriptions for burn timings. A relatively simple way to get a first-order approximation of delta-v is based on the 'Patched Conic Approximation' technique. One must ...

  8. List of mathematical constants - Wikipedia

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    A mathematical constant is a key number whose value is fixed by an unambiguous definition, often referred to by a symbol (e.g., an alphabet letter), or by mathematicians' names to facilitate using it across multiple mathematical problems. [1]

  9. File:Delta-Vs for inner Solar System.svg - Wikipedia

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    Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 16:40, 28 November 2013: 744 × 1,052 (43 KB): Teapeat: There's no aerobrake from GEO, you have to go to GTO first, but there is a low-cost one from L4/L5 although it's a bit slow.