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All Orbital Mechanics and Spaceflight Engineering

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The physics and engineering of moving a spacecraft from one orbit to another and keeping it there: orbital mechanics itself along with the specific maneuvers, quantities and hazards spacecraft designers and mission planners work with, including delta-v, escape velocity, geostationary orbit, gravity assist, the Hohmann transfer orbit, orbital eccentricity and inclination, the Roche limit, sphere of influence, the Tsiolkovsky rocket equation, aerobraking and the orbital-debris hazard of Kessler syndrome. Belongs here: a concept describing how spacecraft move through space or the practical engineering constraints of doing so. Does not belong here: a concept about the universe's large-scale structure or origin, grouped under Cosmology and the Early Universe, or a concept about the search for life, grouped under Astrobiology and the Search for Life.

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Aerobraking

Orbital Mechanics and Spaceflight Engineering

Apsis

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Atmospheric Entry

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Delta-v

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Escape Velocity

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Expendable Launch System

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Geostationary Orbit

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Geosynchronous Orbit

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Gravity Assist

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Heavy-Lift Launch Vehicle

Orbital Mechanics and Spaceflight Engineering

Hohmann Transfer Orbit

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Human-Rating Certification

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Ion Thruster

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Kessler Syndrome

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Lagrange Points

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Low Earth Orbit

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Medium-Lift Launch Vehicle

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Oberth Effect

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Orbital Eccentricity

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Orbital Inclination

Orbital Mechanics and Spaceflight Engineering

Orbital Mechanics

Orbital Mechanics and Spaceflight Engineering

Orbital Resonance

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Reusable Launch Vehicle

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Roche Limit

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Small-Lift Launch Vehicle

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Sounding Rocket

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Space Debris

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Specific Impulse

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Sphere of Influence

Orbital Mechanics and Spaceflight Engineering

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Orbital Mechanics and Spaceflight Engineering

Super Heavy-Lift Launch Vehicle

Orbital Mechanics and Spaceflight Engineering

Tsiolkovsky Rocket Equation

Orbital Mechanics and Spaceflight Engineering
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1. Wikipedia: Kepler's laws of planetary motion
Wikimedia FoundationKepler's laws of planetary motion, lead section
Quote, Kepler's laws of planetary motion, lead section
They were published by Johannes Kepler from 1609 to 1621 in three works Astronomia nova, Harmonice Mundi and Epitome Astronomiae Copernicanae.
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