Lambert's Problem | Orbital Mechanics with Python 25

In this video, I explain what Lambert's problem is and its applications in orbital mechanics. Lambert's problem consists of having two position vectors and a time of flight between them in order to calculate the keplerian orbit corresponding to those conditions.

I go over why its a boundary value problem rather than an initial value problem, and how there are 2D and 3D components of the problem. I show some papers from ESA and NASA going further into the geometry and math behind Lambert's problem.

I talk about the different applications of Lambert's problem, which include orbital (interplanetary) transfers, orbital rendezvous, porkchop plots, and orbit determination from observations (for satellites, asteroids, comets, planets, stars, etc.) I show the 2020 Mars launch window in the form of a porkchop plot.

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[zunch]

Im watching this video because my teacher told me to do it for a book that i chosed and I just found out the fact that Im only 13

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(Hey Alfonso, might be nice if you threw these in the description!)

[johnbspringer]

Do you think talking fast makes you make you sound young and inexperienced not intellegent. So irritating listening to you.