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Sojourner01
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OK, I'm doing an assignment on spaceflight and I'm looking for a more complicated answer to a Hohmann Transfer. I know the conventional one, but that assumes the spacecraft has a constant velocity through the majority of the orbit.
What if it doesn't? How would one calculate the time needed to reach aphelion if the craft has a small constant acceleration due to a thruster burn (say, an ion engine)?
What if it doesn't? How would one calculate the time needed to reach aphelion if the craft has a small constant acceleration due to a thruster burn (say, an ion engine)?