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How passage of time impacts space exploration activities.

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Determining orbital position at a future point in time

Up until now I have calculated these orbits with step-by-step iteration with gravity vectors, but the scale have grown beyond what is possible in real-time. … My question is therefore how I calculate the planet's position at a given time $t$: Known variables: planet position at time 0 planet speed at time 0 planet direction at time 0 What I wish to know …
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