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Would it take less thrust overall to put an object into higher orbit?
For this reason, it is useful to write things in the form of Specific orbital energy.
An object has two relevant forms of energy (with just classical mechanics):
The kinetic energy and the potential ...
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Would it take less thrust overall to put an object into higher orbit?
A slower orbital speed does not mean less energy. It means that a smaller fraction of the total energy is in kinetic form, but the sum of the kinetic and potential energy is greater.
Consider a ...
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Would it take less thrust overall to put an object into higher orbit?
Would it take less thrust overall to put an object into higher orbit?
I think that you are confusing thrust with velocity. Thrust is the amount of engine force pushing on the vehicle, and will ...
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