Variable G Trajectory

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Variable Gravity Trajectory/Orbit

Your space ship is docked .1 meters above surface of space station (500.1 meters from center of space station).  Fire your engines for  6 seconds with ship orientation of 45 degrees.  Then let ship freefall for 2000 seconds (Enter 2000 seconds Duration, Click Stop Engine. Freefall Trajectory will be recorded after a few seconds in the scrolling Textbox below. 

 

[Engineers Contron Panel]

                                                              
  Enter Ship Orientation (0 - 360 degrees)        Enter Thrust Duration (Integer 1- 6000 seconds)

Speed (meters/sec)      Course (degrees)

X (in km) = , Y (in km) =   

 Time (in kilo-seconds)   
 Fuel Expended (in seconds of Full Power) 

Engine Control Buttons Below:

                                      Reenter course and burn duration after Reset

 

  Data in scrolling textbox below in centimeters. N is in seconds.

 

Experiments you could try. Calculate Escape velocity and gravitational attraction of space station and use that information in planning orbits and trajectories. Plot Trajectory on Space Station Graph Paper.

  

 

 

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