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anzha

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Why would a spacecraft primarily meant for operation near the gravitational sphere of influence of the earth carry enough fuel for the sort of delta V required to go to Venus?

IIRC, the delta V from the Earth-Sun L1 to the Moon is 200 m/s more than from the L1 -> L5 ->Venus Hohmann.

I suspect that's the reason why people were thinking it'd be doable. Fuel isn't really the issue.

There are other considerations though, of course.
 

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TAIYUAN, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- China sent a new Earth observation satellite into space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern China's Shanxi Province at 11:01 a.m. Tuesday (Beijing Time).

The satellite, Gaofen-5 02, was launched aboard a Long March-4C rocket and entered its planned orbit successfully.

It was the 387th flight mission of the Long March carrier rocket series.
 

taxiya

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Why would a spacecraft primarily meant for operation near the gravitational sphere of influence of the earth carry enough fuel for the sort of delta V required to go to Venus?
You tell us. Weren't you educated in the field?
It is actually very different. Canted legs on a stool works because static forces on the legs change in response if the stool begins to tilt. This produces a torque to counter act the tilt. The angled plumes produce the same thrust regardless of whether the rocket is tilting or not. Angling the plume does nothing to improve stability. The plumes must be actively throttled or gimbled to vary the forces they transmit to the rocket to help the rocket stabilize.

You needn’t argue with me. My degrees are in engineering physics and astronautics.
 

Strangelove

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今天19时50分,我国在西昌卫星发射中心用长征三号乙运载火箭,成功将中星9B卫星发射升空。卫星顺利进入预定轨道,发射任务获得圆满成功。

Satellite Zhongxing-9B, launched today at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, by a Long March-3B, and entered orbit successfully.

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