orbit insertion
1Orbit insertion — is the spaceflight operation of adjusting a spacecraft’s momentum to allow for entry into a stable orbit around a planet, moon, or other celestial body.[1] This maneuver involves either deceleration from a speed in excess of the respective body’s …
2Lunar Orbit Insertion — (LOI) is an orbital maneuver by means of which a spacecraft in placed on a selenocentric orbit …
3insertion — Synonyms and related words: Earth insertion, LEM, LM, access, admission, apogee, aside, attitude control rocket, ballistic capsule, booking, burn, capsule, cataloging, chronicling, deep space ship, docking, docking maneuver, enlistment,… …
4orbit — Synonyms and related words: Earth insertion, LEM, LM, O, air lane, ambit, annular muscle, annulus, aphelion, apogee, area, arena, areola, astronomical longitude, attitude control rocket, aureole, autumnal equinox, bailiwick, ball, ballistic… …
5insertion — n. 1 the act or an instance of inserting. 2 an amendment etc. inserted in writing or printing. 3 each appearance of an advertisement in a newspaper etc. 4 an ornamental section of needlework inserted into plain material (lace insertions). 5 the… …
6Geostationary transfer orbit — A Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit or Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO) is a Hohmann transfer orbit around the Earth between a low Earth orbit (LEO) and a geosynchronous orbit (GEO). It is an ellipse where the perigee is a point on a LEO and the… …
7Single-stage-to-orbit — The VentureStar was a proposed SSTO spaceplane. A single stage to orbit (or SSTO) vehicle reaches orbit from the surface of a body without jettisoning hardware, expending only propellants and fluids. The term usually, but not exclusively, refers… …
8Air launch to orbit — is the method of launching booster rockets at altitude from a horizontal takeoff turbojet aircraft, either subsonic or supersonic. This method, when employed for orbital payload insertion, presents significant advantages over conventional… …
9List of artificial objects in heliocentric orbit — Below is a current list of artificial objects currently in heliocentric orbit. These do not include man made objects which are escaping from the Solar System (Pioneer 10, Pioneer 11, Voyager 1, Voyager 2, and New Horizons), Agena, Centaur, or IUS …
10Transfer orbit stage — The Transfer Orbit Stage (TOS) was an upper stage rocket developed by Martin Marietta on a subcontract to Orbital Sciences Corporation during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Orbital Sciences was the prime contractor for NASA for TOS. TOS was… …
