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SpaceX Rocket Data Satisfies Elementary Hohmann Transfer Formula
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Ruiz, Michael J.; Perkins, James – Physics Education, 2020
The private company SpaceX regularly launches satellites into geostationary orbits. SpaceX posts videos of these flights with telemetry data displaying the time from launch, altitude, and rocket speed in real time. In this paper this telemetry information is used to determine the velocity boost of the rocket as it leaves its circular parking orbit…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Video Technology, Satellites (Aerospace), Measurement