CIVIL AIR PATROL CAP-STK Aerospace Program 2010!! Orbital Mechanics and other Space Operations Topics !! Colorado Springs Cadet Squadron Lt Col M. T. McNeely ORBITAL MECHANICS Physical Laws Requirements for Injection Classifications of Orbit Six Orbital Elements Ground Tracks Two ORBITAL MECHANICS men in history that were essential to formulating orbital mechanics: Kepler and Newton!! Kepler’s 3 Laws: – Law of Ellipses – Law of Equal areas