Vis-viva equation

Orbital speed at radius r on an ellipse of semi-major axis a.

SIDUS educational calculator. Category orbital. Tags: orbital, vis-viva. Pure SI. Not flight software.

Formula

v = √[ μ (2/r − 1/a) ]

Speed anywhere on the conic

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