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ADANA ALPARSLAN TÜRKEŞ SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS


DEPARTMENT OF AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
EXAM PAPER Student Name :

Course Code/Name : AER314 Orbital Mechanics Date : 19/06/2023


Lecturer : Asist. Prof. Dr. Hürrem AKBIYIK
Exam : Final
Semester : Spring
QUESTIONS

Q1) Please write the names of the OEs.

Q2)
⃗ ⃗ ⃗⃗⃗
𝑅⃗ = 0𝑖 − 7000𝑗 + 0𝑘 km
⃗ = 9𝑖⃗ + 0𝑗
⃗ ⃗⃗⃗
𝑉 + 0𝑘 km/s
a) Where is the satellite currently?
b) What is the flight path angle at the satellite’s current position?
c) What is the orbit’s specific angular momentum?
d) What are the orbit’s orbital elements?

Q3) At two points on a geocentric orbit, the altitude and true anomaly are z1=1545 km, Q1=126⁰ and z2=852 km,
Q2=58⁰ respectively. Find:
a) Eccentricity
b) The altitude of perigee
c) Semimajor axis
d) The period

Important Note:
✓ You have to finish your exam in 50 min
✓ Up to given date, you have to send your exam papers to
rcyilmaz@atu.edu.tr

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