Astro 310 Equation Sheet Spring 2023
Astro 310 Equation Sheet Spring 2023
Astro 310 Equation Sheet Spring 2023
cos 𝑖𝑖 =
� ∙ℎ
𝑘𝑘 �⃑ Launch Velocities
𝑘𝑘 ℎ
∆𝑉𝑉𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛 𝑆𝑆 −𝑉𝑉𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏 cos 𝜑𝜑 cos 𝛽𝛽 0 0
�⃑
𝚤𝚤̂ ∙ 𝑛𝑛
cos Ω = 𝑖𝑖 𝑛𝑛
(𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 𝑛𝑛𝑗𝑗 < 0, 𝑡𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒 180° < Ω < 360°) �∆𝑉𝑉𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑑𝑑 𝐸𝐸 � = � 𝑉𝑉𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏 cos 𝜑𝜑 sin 𝛽𝛽 � − �𝑉𝑉𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙ℎ 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 � + � 0 �
∆𝑉𝑉𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑑𝑑𝑍𝑍 𝑉𝑉𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏 sin 𝜑𝜑 0 𝑉𝑉𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃 𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺
���⃑∙ 𝑒𝑒⃑
𝑛𝑛
cos ω = 𝑛𝑛 𝑒𝑒
(𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 𝑒𝑒𝑘𝑘 < 0, 𝑡𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒 180° < ω < 360°) 𝑉𝑉𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙ℎ 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 = 0.4651 cos 𝐿𝐿𝑜𝑜
�⃑
𝑒𝑒⃑ ∙ 𝑅𝑅
cos ν = (𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 𝑅𝑅�⃑ ∙ 𝑉𝑉
�⃑ < 0, 𝑡𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒 180° < ν < 360°) 𝑉𝑉𝑃𝑃𝑃𝑃 𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺 = �
2𝜇𝜇 (𝑅𝑅𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏 −𝑅𝑅𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙ℎ 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 )
𝑒𝑒 𝑅𝑅 𝑅𝑅𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏 𝑅𝑅𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙ℎ 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠
Alternate COEs �⃑𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛 � + 𝑉𝑉𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜ℎ𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒 𝑡𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔
∆𝑉𝑉𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑 = �∆𝑉𝑉
Circular Orbits
Propulsion 𝑔𝑔𝑜𝑜 = 9.81 𝑚𝑚/𝑠𝑠 2
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𝑛𝑛 𝑅𝑅 �⃑
cos u = (𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 𝑅𝑅𝑘𝑘 < 0, 𝑡𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒 180° < ω < 360°) 𝐹𝐹𝑡𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟 = 𝑚𝑚̇𝑉𝑉𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒 + 𝐴𝐴𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒 (𝑃𝑃𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒 − 𝑃𝑃𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 )
𝑛𝑛 𝑅𝑅
Equatorial Orbits ∆𝑉𝑉 = 𝐼𝐼𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 𝑔𝑔𝑜𝑜 ln
𝑚𝑚𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖
𝐼𝐼𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 =
𝐹𝐹
𝑚𝑚𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝑚𝑚̇𝑔𝑔𝑜𝑜
𝚤𝚤̂ ∙ 𝑒𝑒⃑
cos Π = (𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 𝑒𝑒𝑗𝑗 < 0, 𝑡𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒 180° < Ω < 360°)
𝑖𝑖 𝑒𝑒 Hohmann Transfers
Circular Equatorial Orbits 𝑅𝑅1 +𝑅𝑅2 𝑎𝑎 3
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𝚤𝚤̂ ∙ 𝑅𝑅
𝑎𝑎𝑡𝑡 = 2
𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝐹𝐹𝐻𝐻𝐻𝐻ℎ𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚 = 𝜋𝜋� 𝜇𝜇𝑡𝑡
cos ℓ = 𝑖𝑖 𝑅𝑅
(𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 𝑅𝑅𝑗𝑗 < 0, 𝑡𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒 180° < Ω < 360°)
∆𝑉𝑉 = |𝑉𝑉𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜 − 𝑉𝑉𝑡𝑡 @ 𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜 | ∆𝑉𝑉𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡 = ∆𝑉𝑉1 + ∆𝑉𝑉2
Ground Tracks
∆𝑁𝑁
Plane Changes
For direct orbits, ℙ (𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 ℎ𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟) = 𝜃𝜃
15°/ℎ𝑟𝑟
∆𝑉𝑉𝑠𝑠 = 2𝑉𝑉𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜 sin 𝜃𝜃 = 𝑐𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 ∡
3 2 2
𝑎𝑎 = �𝜇𝜇 �ℙ (𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠) �
2𝜋𝜋 2 2
∆𝑉𝑉𝑐𝑐 = �𝑉𝑉𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏 + 𝑉𝑉𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 − 2𝑉𝑉𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑒𝑒 𝑉𝑉𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 cos 𝜃𝜃
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Rendezvous Unit Conversions
𝜇𝜇 5
𝜔𝜔 = � Temperature: K = 273.15 + ℃ ℃ = (℉ − 32)
3 9
𝑅𝑅𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐 𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜
Angular distance: π radians = 180°
𝜑𝜑𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 = ∡ 𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡 𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡 𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑑 𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜 𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚
Communications: 1 Byte = 8 bits
Coplanar Rendezvous
Binary prefixes: ki = 210 Mi = 220 Gi = 230
𝛼𝛼𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙 = 𝜔𝜔𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡 𝑥𝑥 𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝐹𝐹𝐻𝐻𝐻𝐻ℎ𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚 0 ≤ 𝛼𝛼𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙 < 2𝜋𝜋 SI prefixes: k = 103 M = 106 G = 109 μ = 10−6 n = 10−9
𝜑𝜑𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 = 𝜋𝜋 − 𝛼𝛼𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙𝑙 Communications
𝜑𝜑𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓𝑓 − 𝜑𝜑𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 (±2𝜋𝜋) 𝑐𝑐
𝑊𝑊. 𝑇𝑇. = 𝜔𝜔𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡 −𝜔𝜔𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖
only use (±2𝜋𝜋) if WT is negative 𝜆𝜆 = 𝑐𝑐 = 3.0 𝑥𝑥 108 𝑚𝑚/𝑠𝑠
𝑓𝑓
Co-orbital Rendezvous 𝜆𝜆 2
𝑆𝑆 𝑃𝑃𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥 𝐺𝐺𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥 𝜆𝜆 2 𝐺𝐺 𝑃𝑃𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥 𝐺𝐺𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥�4𝜋𝜋𝜋𝜋� 𝐺𝐺_𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟
𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟
=� �� � � �=
𝐼𝐼𝐼𝐼 𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡 𝑎𝑎ℎ𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒, 𝜑𝜑𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡 = 2𝜋𝜋 − 𝜑𝜑𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 𝑁𝑁 𝑘𝑘 𝐵𝐵 4𝜋𝜋𝜋𝜋 𝑇𝑇𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟 𝑘𝑘 𝑇𝑇𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟 𝐵𝐵
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