Orbital stationkeeping
Orbital stationkeeping In astrodynamics orbital stationkeeping is a term used to describe a particular set of orbital maneuvers used to keep a spacecraft ...
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User:Patrick/wt
... molecules can be modeled by Talk:molecular orbital models that are approximate solutions to the ... significant ascent and descent, including Talk:sub-orbital flight . The Talk:FOBS had a partial orbital trajectory. An ICBM differs little technically from ... addressed by arms control agreements, which prohibit orbital or fractional-orbital weapons. Only three nations currently have ...
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Category:Astrodynamics
... Molniya orbit O Orbit equation Orbit phasing Orbital angular momentum vector Orbital elements Orbital inclination change Orbital maneuver Orbital node Orbital period Orbital perturbation O ...
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... eccentricity, Longitude of the periapsis, Mean longitude, Orbital angular momentum vector, Orbital perturbation, Solar radiation pressure, True anomaly, True longitude, Orbital inclination change, Orbital maneuver, Orbital state vectors, Orbital stationkeeping, Periapsis distance, ...
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Delta-v
... of "effort" needed to carry out an orbital maneuver, i.e., to change from one ... the velocity and against gravity the specific orbital energy gained per unit delta-v is ... and the gravity, are constant, the specific orbital energy gained per unit delta-v is ... satellites in orbit and is expended in orbital stationkeeping maneuvers. Games Delta-V is a ...
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Delta-v (Engineering wiki)
... of "effort" needed to carry out an orbital maneuver , i.e., to change from one ... the velocity and against gravity the specific orbital energy gained per unit delta-v is ... and the gravity, are constant, the specific orbital energy gained per unit delta-v is ... satellites in orbit and is expended in orbital stationkeeping maneuvers. [edit] See also Delta-v ...
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List of aerospace engineering topics
... — O Orbit — Orbit phasing — Orbital airship — Orbital Boom Sensor System — Orbital elements — Orbital inclination change — Orbital maneuver — Orbital node — Orbital ...
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Spacecraft propulsion
... to use electric propulsion for north-south stationkeeping. Interplanetary vehicles mostly use chemical rockets as ... is occasionally necessary to make small corrections (orbital stationkeeping). Many satellites need to be moved from ... this with a series of short-term orbital adjustments. In between these adjustments, the spacecraft ... aerobraking are sometimes used for this final orbital adjustment. Artist's conception of a ...
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Spacecraft propulsion (Engineering wiki)
... to use electric propulsion for north-south stationkeeping. Interplanetary vehicles mostly use chemical rockets as ... is occasionally necessary to make small corrections ( orbital stationkeeping ). Many satellites need to be moved from ... this with a series of short-term orbital adjustments. In between these adjustments, the spacecraft ... aerobraking are sometimes used for this final orbital adjustment. Some spacecraft propulsion methods such ...
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Space rendezvous
... spacecraft and a space station, is an orbital maneuver where the two arrive at the same orbit, make the orbital velocities the same, and bring them together ... run out of fuel, to take over orbital stationkeeping and/or finally bring it to a ... 3) communications satellite to allow it an orbital maneuver Alternatively the two are already ...
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