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1. Impulse maneuvering
To reach and maintain its operational orbit, a satellite must perform orbit-change maneuvers. With a high-thrust engine, the duration of these maneuvers is short in relation to the orbital period. They can be modeled as instantaneous impulses modifying velocity at a fixed position.
1.1 Modeling
This section explains the definition of orbital parameters and the formulation of an orbital impulse transfer problem.
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