Coelliptic drift

Relative mean motion from Δa and time to gain phase (rendezvous coelliptic ops).

SIDUS educational calculator. Category orbital. Tags: GNC, operations, orbital, relative-motion, rendezvous. Pure SI. Not flight software.

Formula

n_rel ≈ −(3/2) n (Δa/a)

Coelliptic relative drift

Primary sources

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