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Hohmann transfer orbit
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A
Hohmann transfer orbit
is an elliptical
orbit
used to transfer
a
spacecraft
between two circular
orbits
of different
altitudes
around
a
celestial body, typically
a
planet
. This maneuver is named after the German
engineer
Walter Hohmann, who described it in 1925.
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