Recent content by spacemike1

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    Calculating Maximum Deceleration of Re-entry Capsule

    the BC number is actually for the second part of the question. You got closer to me. I tried my calcs again and still getting the same off-base number. I've plugged it into the calculator just like this. 7400^2 (0.000139m^-1 sin(10)) / 2(2.7182) and get 9.298x10^10
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    Calculating Maximum Deceleration of Re-entry Capsule

    Homework Statement Contact lenses being manufactured in space are returned in a re-entry capsule to Earth for distribution and sale. If the re-entry velocity is 7.4km/s and the re-entry flight-path angle is 10 degrees, determine the maximum deceleration it will experience and at what...
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    Calculating Specific Mechanical Energy in a spacecraft

    I worked on this and found a formula in the book to solve this. I used a= -u/2e
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    Calculating Specific Mechanical Energy in a spacecraft

    Homework Statement My math is horrible and I'm in an orbital mechanics class which I'm way over my head...my question is... "What is the specific mechanical energy, e, of an orbit with a semimajor axis of 42,160km" Homework Equations I used a formula that took -3.986x10^5 / 2x...
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    Problems with an Orbit: Eccentricity, Inclination, and Other Peculiarities

    Problems with an Orbit... Homework Statement what is peculiar about the orbit" Semimajor axis = 5740km Eccentricity = 0.1 Inclination = 53 Right ascension of the ascending node = 345 Argument of perigee = 270 True anomaly = 183 Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution...