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% Compute the delta-V required for a low thrust escape. If planet is entered as a string, a0 must be in km. This equation is an approximation assuming the orbit is nearly circular throughout the spiral. See also LTSpiral. Type LowThrustEscape for a demo for escape from Titan's orbit. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Form: dV = LowThrustEscape( planet, a0 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Inputs ------ planet (1,:) Planet name or mu a0 (1,1) Initial semimajor axis ------- Outputs ------- dV (1,1) Delta-V -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reference: Wiesel, W. (1989.) Spaceflight Dynamics p. 90. --------------------------------------------------------------------------
AC: ACData/ACTConstants SC: SCData/sCTConstants Common: CommonData/Constants Common: CommonData/xSplashSmall Common: Database/Constant Common: General/DeleteCell
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