[TriLUG] OT: how to dock a spacecraft?

[Joseph Mack NA3T]

On Sun, 24 Jun 2012, David Both wrote:

> You cannot catch up in an orbit of the same height.

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> Very simplified, but I hope it helps.

thanks. that's pretty close to my understanding.

so you fire tangentially to do the orbit changes, not 
radially?

Joe

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