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Launch Windows, Trajectories, and Communication Delay
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AST.279 Launch Windows, Trajectories, and Communication Delay
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A spacecraft is being sent from Earth toward Venus. Which general trajectory idea is correct?
A
It must move onto an inward heliocentric path that reaches Venus's smaller orbit at the right time.
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It must first travel outward beyond Mars because all transfers begin away from the Sun.
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It can ignore Venus's orbital motion because Venus is close to the Sun.
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It must wait until Venus is no longer orbiting the Sun.
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