Question: Question Completion Status: Find the total velocity increment required for Hohmann transfer between orbit A and B through a transfer elliptical orbit, where orbit A

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Find the total velocity increment required for Hohmann transfer between orbit A and B through a transfer elliptical orbit, where orbit A radius is 6,567km and orbit B radius is 72,160km. Gravitational constant G is 6.6743010-11m3kg-1s-2, Mass of Earth is 5.9721024kg, and the standard gravitational parameter, )=(GM is 3.9861014m3s2.
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At Perigee : r=a(1-e)
At Apogee: r=a(1+e)
,uellip=(2r-1a)2
uperigee=2ra+rp*rarp2=a*1+e1-e2
uapogee=2ra+rp*rpra2=a*1-e1+e2
Period of an orbit [time]
P=2a22, where =GM and a : length of semi-major axis
Circular Orbit
ucircu=r2, where =GM
Question Completion Status: Find the total

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