MAE 284 FINAL UAH EXAM SCRIPT COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE SOLUTIONS

MAE 284 FINAL UAH EXAM SCRIPT
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE SOLUTIONS

●● During impulsive maneuver, what is fixed and what is changed?
Answer: Position of S/C is fixed and velocity changes


●● Hohmann Transfer
Answer: Most energy efficient two impulse transfer for 2 co planar
CIRCULAR orbits with a common focus


●● Bi-elliptic Hohmann Transfer
Answer: Two hohmann transfers for low energy transfers


●● Phasing maneuver
Answer: Two impulse hohmann transfer from and back to the same orbit


●● Non Hohmann transfers
Answer: - With common apse line
Maneuver between two coaxial, coplanar ELLIPTICAL orbits that share
the same apse line
- With apse line rotation

, Two shapes erradically different


●● Chase maneuver
Answer: Answers the question how do i get from point A to B in a given
time


●● Another name for chase maneuver
Answer: Intercept trajectory


●● Plane change maneuver
Answer: To get orbits in the same plane


●● Another name for plane change maneuver
Answer: craking maneuver


●● What symbol is this
Answer: Sun


●● What symbol is this
Answer: Mercury


●● What symbol is this