Trajectories followed by space vehicles propelled by constant thrust directed parallel to velocity vector were calculated in nondimensional form for initial thrust weight ratios for 10 to 10-4 and jet velocities attainable with chemical rockets and presented both for departure outward from, and inward return to, any circular orbit; charts show curves of radial distance, energy per unit mass trajectory inclination, and annular distance as functions of time.
Trajectories with constant tangential thrust in central gravitational fields
NASA -- Tech Note
1959
96 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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