Definitions from Wiktionary (Hohmann transfer)
▸ noun: (astronautics) An elliptical orbit used to transfer a spacecraft between two circular orbits of different altitudes in the same plane, with the periapsis of the orbit being tangent to the smaller circular orbit and its apoapsis being tangent to the larger circular orbit.
▸ noun: (astronautics) The process of using such an orbit to transfer between two other orbits.
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▸ noun: (astronautics) An elliptical orbit used to transfer a spacecraft between two circular orbits of different altitudes in the same plane, with the periapsis of the orbit being tangent to the smaller circular orbit and its apoapsis being tangent to the larger circular orbit.
▸ noun: (astronautics) The process of using such an orbit to transfer between two other orbits.
Similar:
Hohmann transfer orbit,
bi-elliptic transfer,
heliosynchronous orbit,
Oberth effect,
near-rectilinear halo orbit,
periapsis,
Aldrin cycler,
rectilinear orbit,
injection,
halo orbit,
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