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Thanks for your explanation. You're right, I missed out the point with the different planes.
So, what I wanted can not work as intended.
Also thanks for the link!
Pirmin

Selden, Thank you for your response. JAQAR's SwingBy generates xyzv trajectories for interplanetary flight. I would prefer just EllipticalOrbit parameters which are more handy to use. I would like to understand how I can calculate orbit parameters for any pair of positions (Apocenter and Pericenter)...

Hello I have two positions with their appropriate date/time. - Position1 is on Earth orbit at time1. - Position2 is on Mars orbit at time2. BTW, position and time are Hohmann orbit leave and arrive position/time, but this shouldn't matter. I want to calculate an elliptical orbit for a spacecraft, wh...