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Homework Statement
A GEO spacecraft crosses the earth’s equatorial
plane when its true anomaly is 30 deg. The
eccentricity of the orbit is 0.1 and its initial
inclination is 5 deg with respect to the equator.
What minimum velocity increment is required to
transfer this GEO to an equatorial orbit?
Homework Equations
e=.1
theta=30 degrees
i=5 degrees
cos E=e+cos(theta)/1+e*cos(theta)
deltav=2*v*sin(i/2)
The Attempt at a Solution
Not sure where to start. I am thinking I begin with the equations above. I think it is a plane transfer but not sure how to do it.