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    How to calculate the speed of a satellite around the sun.

    Thanks you ! But it's worse now... I'm getting : What's the unit of this? How can I convert it to km/s ? Thanks!
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    How to calculate the speed of a satellite around the sun.

    Yeah, I'm using the equation listed above but I'm going to link you different image where it's clearly listed ! Thank you very much for helping me ! Eq1 : http://i.imgur.com/GYaHMLJ.png Where Vp is Speed, a is the length of the semi-major axis of the elliptical...
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    How to calculate the speed of a satellite around the sun.

    Hi guys, I'm currently doing a little project an I need to calculate the speed of a satellite around the sun! I'm currently trying with the Earth, but i have some problem. When I'm using this formula : (2*Pi*a*Sqrt(1-e2))/T(1±e) I get an answer in km/s which seams pretty good. (29,75 km/s) But...
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