a = - = Question 1 A satellite is in a geocentric orbit with the following...

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a = - = Question 1 A satellite is in a geocentric orbit with the following orbital parameters: 15,000 km, e = 0.5, 45, = 250, and w = 90. At midnight on June 7th 2023 (Day Number 158.0), calculate the eclipse of the orbit in order to answer the following questions: (a) [4 marks] What are the true anomalies (start and end) of the start and end of the eclipse (to the nearest degree)? (b) [4 marks] What times past perigee do these correspond to? (c) [2 marks] What time fraction of the orbit is this eclipse? Question 2 [ 3 marks] What is the minimum v required to reach Saturn? (b) [3 marks] What is the minimum Av required if the spacecraft departs from a circular orbit at 250 km altitude? (c) [3 marks] What is the flight path angle of our trajectory to Saturn when reaching Jupiter orbit? (d) [3 marks] How long would it take for the spacecraft to reach Jupiter? And Saturn? (e) [3 marks] In the patched conic approximation, at what distance from Saturn can we consider that the spacecraft follows a Keplerian orbit about Saturn? a = - = Question 1 A satellite is in a geocentric orbit with the following orbital parameters: 15,000 km, e = 0.5, 45, = 250, and w = 90. At midnight on June 7th 2023 (Day Number 158.0), calculate the eclipse of the orbit in order to answer the following questions: (a) [4 marks] What are the true anomalies (start and end) of the start and end of the eclipse (to the nearest degree)? (b) [4 marks] What times past perigee do these correspond to? (c) [2 marks] What time fraction of the orbit is this eclipse? Question 2 [ 3 marks] What is the minimum v required to reach Saturn? (b) [3 marks] What is the minimum Av required if the spacecraft departs from a circular orbit at 250 km altitude? (c) [3 marks] What is the flight path angle of our trajectory to Saturn when reaching Jupiter orbit? (d) [3 marks] How long would it take for the spacecraft to reach Jupiter? And Saturn? (e) [3 marks] In the patched conic approximation, at what distance from Saturn can we consider that the spacecraft follows a Keplerian orbit about Saturn?

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Question 1 a To calculate the true anomalies at the start and end of the eclipse Given a 15000 km e 05 i 45 250 w 90 True anomaly formula v arccosa1e2... View the full answer