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The document contains 6 questions from an assignment on spacecraft dynamics. It provides partial or full solutions for the questions. Question 1 involves calculating orbital parameters like eccentricity and period for a satellite orbit. Question 2 calculates the eccentricity, perigee altitude, and semimajor axis given orbital altitudes at different true anomalies. Question 3 determines the flight path angle and altitude at a true anomaly given initial perigee conditions. The remaining questions involve calculating orbital parameters like apogee and perigee altitudes given specific angular momentum, energy or true anomaly ranges.

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Spacecraft Dynamics Assignment Solutions

The document contains 6 questions from an assignment on spacecraft dynamics. It provides partial or full solutions for the questions. Question 1 involves calculating orbital parameters like eccentricity and period for a satellite orbit. Question 2 calculates the eccentricity, perigee altitude, and semimajor axis given orbital altitudes at different true anomalies. Question 3 determines the flight path angle and altitude at a true anomaly given initial perigee conditions. The remaining questions involve calculating orbital parameters like apogee and perigee altitudes given specific angular momentum, energy or true anomaly ranges.

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MECH 542 SPACECRAFTS DYNAMICS

Assignment No.1
Date Assigned: September 15th, 2017
Date Due: September 29th, 2017
Question 1

An unmanned satellite orbits the earth with a perigee radius of 7000 km and apogee radius of
70000 km. Calculate:

(a) the eccentricity of the orbit;


(b) the semimajor axis of the orbit (km);
(c) the period of the orbit (hours);
(d) the specific energy of the orbit (km2/s2);
(e) the true anomaly at which the altitude is 1000 km (degrees);
(f) and at the points found in part (e) (km/s);
(g) the speed at perigee and apogee (km/s)

Partial Ans.: (c) 20.88hr; (e) 27.61; (g) 10.18 km/s, 1.018 km/s

Question 2

The following data for an earth orbiter are given:


Altitude = 1700 km at a true anomaly of 130.
Altitude = 500 km at a true anomaly of 50.
Calculate:

(a) The eccentricity.


(b) The perigee altitude (km)
(c) The semimajor axis (km)

Partial Ans.: (c) 7547 km

Question 3

A satellite is placed into an earth orbit at perigee at an altitude of 1270 km with a speed of 9 km/s.
Calculate the flight path angle and the altitude of the satellite at a true anomaly of 100.

Ans.: = 31.1, z = 6774 km

Question 4

If, for an earth satellite, the specific angular momentum is 60 000 km2/s and the specific energy
is -20 km2/s2, calculate the apogee and perigee altitudes.

Ans.: 6 637 km and 537.2 km


Question 5

Calculate the time required to fly from P to B, in terms of the eccentricity e and the period T. B
lies on the minor axis.

1
Ans.: ( )
4 2

Question 6

An earth-orbiting satellite has a perigee radius of 7000 km and an apogee radius of 10000 km.

(a) What true anomaly is swept out between t = 0.5 hr and t = 1.5 hr after perigee
passage?
(b) What area is swept out by the position vector during that time interval

Ans.: (a) 128.7; (b) 1.03x108 km2

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