Showing posts with label Hohmmann Transfer trajectory. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hohmmann Transfer trajectory. Show all posts

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Hohmann Tansfer Trajectory


Hohmann Transfer Ascent

In Hohmann transfer orbit  , the satellite and the last stage of rocket first attains a low altitude circular parking orbit,just outside the densest part of atmosphere, usually this orbit is about 200 km or more, In most launches this altitude is taken to be 185km , shortly after parking orbit injection ,the vehicle is injected into an elliptic transfer trajectory , at perijee , this transfer ellipse is tangential to the parking orbit and at apogee tangential to the required satellite orbit. This transfer orbit is proposed by W.Hohmann , therefore is called "Hohmann transfer trajectory"