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Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology AE 322 Spaceflight Mechanics VI Semester, Aerospace Engineering Quiz 1 (13-02-2013) Duration : One Hour Total Marks : 25 (State assumptions and give illustrations wherever required) 1) Derive the rotation matrix to rotate a frame by an angle ‘b’ about x-axis ? Ce - 4 Marks e 2) Distinguish the types of conics based on geometry and dynamics a - 4 Marks <3) Derive ‘Vis Viva’ equation and prove that total energy of an orbit is a function of semi major axis only. - 5 Mark A) Describe a procedure to solve a two-body problem > 4 Marks 5) Aspacecraft orbits around Earth in every 100 minutes. The eccentricity of the orbit is 0.05. (i) Find the periapsis and apoapsis altitudes of the orbit. (ii) What will be the radial distance if the velocity is 7.4075 km/s and the velocity vector is above horizon? e 5 (iii) How much time will the spacecraft take to have the same velocity as given in (ii) again? = 8 Marks (Gravitational constant of Earth = 398600 km? /s*; Equatorial radius of Earth = 6378 km)

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