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Consider a spacecraft in a 500 km altitude circular orbit. This spacecraft transits (via Hohmann transfer) to a 200 km altitude circular orbit for repair, then back to a 500 km circular orbit. Did it require more delta-V to transfer from the higher to lower orbit, or from the lower to higher orbit? (Circle one)
- It required more delta-V to transit from 500 km (circular) to 200 km (circular)
- It required more delta-V to transit from 200 km (circular) to 500 km (circular)
- It requires the same delta-V to transit from 500 km to 200 km as it would to return
- There is not enough information to answer this question (if so what other information is missing?)
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