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Homework Statement
Consider a space station orbiting around the Earth in a circular orbit. If it fires its engine radially outward, will it follow a different circular path or an elliptical path?
The Attempt at a Solution
Since the thrust force is perpendicular to the motion, the angular momentum is conserved. So it should follow an elliptical path.
Is this reasoning correct?