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STS 133, Space Shuttle Discovery’s last flight, was launched on February 24, 2011 at 16:53 EST...

STS 133, Space Shuttle Discovery’s last flight, was launched on February 24, 2011 at 16:53 EST from the Kennedy Space Center into an initial 208 x 232 km altitude orbit at an inclination of 51.6 degrees.

The International Space Station was in a circular orbit about Earth at an altitude of 405 km and an inclination of 51.6 degrees. Assuming a two-impulse Hohmann transfer, what was the DV required for the Shuttle to rendezvous with the Station?

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