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To: RightWhale
I don't have the formulas to calculate the energy required for orbital plane changes, but I know the 8000# of OMS fuel carried by the shuttle is sufficient to change it's orbital plane by 1 degree or so.

So on the back of this envelope, assuming the ISS has a mass ten times that of the shuttle orbiter, it would take 2 1/4 million pounds of fuel to accomplish that task.

28 posted on 07/12/2003 3:30:12 AM PDT by snopercod
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To: snopercod
it would take 2 1/4 million pounds of fuel to accomplish that task.

How much to send it to a lunar orbit?

31 posted on 07/12/2003 10:22:18 AM PDT by RightWhale (gazing at shadows)
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