VEscape:

Path: Orbit/OrbitMechanics

% Computes the escape velocity.

   Type VEscape for a demo of earth escape.

   Since version 1.
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   Form:
   v = VEscape( r, mu )
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   Inputs
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   r	(1,:) Radius
   mu	(1,1) Gravitational parameter (default = 3.98600436e5 km^3/sec^2)

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   Outputs
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   v 	(1,:) Escape velocity for a hyperbola

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   References: Wiesel, W. E., Spaceflight Dynamics, McGraw-Hill, 1988,
               pp. 48.
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