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Orbital mechanics (also called astrodynamics) is the application of ballistics and celestial mechanics to the practical problems concerning the motion of rockets and other spacecraft on an orbital or escape trajectory. For the movements of celestial bodies, use [celestial-mechanics], not this.
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Is it possible to detect if orbits intersect or not and positions where they intersect if yo...
It's possible to find intersections of orbits around same planet through polar coordinates
In polar view, orbit takes form:
$$r(\theta) = \frac{a \times(1-e^2)}{1-e \times \cos(\theta - \phi)}$$
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Why does a launch due south (180° azimuth) not translate into a polar orbit from Vandenberg?
Earth rotation.
I have encountered that plenty of times in KSP: when you switch to orbital frame of reference, your velocity marker is moved east because you have been moving with the surface.
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