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Space Flight: Application of Orbital Mechanics

1994/36 min 3 sec/129 shots

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This 1994 NASA educational film explains planetary motion and orbital mechanics, covering Kepler’s and Newton’s laws and terms such as perigee, apogee, eccentricity, orbital inclination, and launch window.

Provenance and rights

Original producer: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Collection: U.S. Government Films (Internet Archive collection)
Original title: Space Flight: Application of Orbital Mechanics
Date: 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Original link: Open on Internet Archive
Rights: public_domain

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