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### How fast is fuel escaping a rocket for it to reach the escape velocity 11 km/s?

I was having a discussion with a person and we were talking about whether or no the fuel had to be pushing out of a rocket at 11 km/s in order for the rocket to reach 11 km/s. I said it has to be ...
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### Is Cassini running out of fuel?

In their (misleadingly titled) article NASA's Cassini probe dives into Saturn's atmosphere, CNN reports Once the final five orbits are complete, Cassini will plunge towards Saturn, with seven ...
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### Flying fuel tanks! Which deep-space spacecraft had the largest fuel mass fraction?

The Los Angeles Times' Deborah Netburn just wrote a really nice retrospective; ‘OK. Let’s do it!’ An oral history of how NASA’s Cassini mission to Saturn came to be with plenty of photos and quotes ...
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### What is the delta-v required to reach Titan (Saturn's moon)

How much speed do I need to put something to orbit on Titan? I know it is a simple question but look among those maps that are there but they are not clear to me.
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### Why would Cassini need to reach 64 degrees inclination before “threading the needle”?

The NY Times article Cassini’s Final Mission: Obliteration says that the Cassini spacecraft will end it's more than a decade long exploration of the Saturn system by raising the inclination of its ...
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### How much delta-v have I used here? What's the “official” equation for delta-v from parametric thrust?

I took a break from Stack Exchange, jumped in my spacecar and flew the following squiggle: $$a_x = \cos(10 \ t)$$ $$a_y = \sin(5 \ t)$$ $$a_z = \cos(2 \ t)$$ starting at ...
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### Is Cassini's 183rd burn; some kind of engine record?

I've just read that when Cassini makes its first close pass of Saturn's F-ring on December 4, it will be the 183rd engine burn which sounds like a lot for orbital maneuvers using a spacecraft's main ...
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### How and/or why did Elon Musk mistweet Roadster's C3 so badly?

In this answer to How close would the Tesla Roadster with Starman have to get to Earth in order to become attracted and fall on Earth? I just wrote: When Roadster was launched from Earth Elon Musk ...