Spaceflight: Animations
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Orbits as ellipses
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Forward burn at perigee
![](Orbits/orbit40b.001.gif) |
![](Orbits/orbit40c.001.gif) |
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Forward burn at apogee
![](Orbits/orbit41b.001.gif) |
![](Orbits/orbit41c.001.gif) |
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Retrograde burn at apogee
![](Orbits/orbit42c.001.gif) |
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Retrograde burn at perigee
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Other burn
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Hohmann transfer
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Hohmann transfer retrograde
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Rendezvous
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Arrival at the planet
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Flyby
Last updated 20 April 2007
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