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In March 2006, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) spacecraft approached Mars on a hyperbolic trajectory with asymptotic approach speed   = XXXXXXXXXXkm/s. Mars orbit insertion (MOI) occurred at periapsis by firing six rocket engines. The MOI burn produced an elliptical orbit with periapsis and apoapsis altitudes of 426 and 44,500 km, respectively. Determine the Δv for this impulsive maneuver [note that Mars’ radius is RM = 3,396 km and its gravitational parameter is μM = XXXXXXXXXX4 ) km3 /s2 ].   Problems 176 and 177 involve the Juno spacecraft, which departed Earth in early August 2011 and arrived at Jupiter in early July 2016.

Robert · Accepted Answer

The Av for this impulsive maneuver
is 9.64 km/s.
Explanation:
.When a spaceship
approaches Mars on a
hyperbolic trajectory, the
asymptotic approach speed
(v) is 2.9572 kilometers per
second. This is the speed at
which Mars is eventually
reached. Six rocket engines
are fired up when the
spacecraft reaches a point in
  known as periapsis.

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