spacecraft orbit
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 …
2Orbit attitude and maneuvering system — OAMS redirects here. For the airport with ICAO code OAMS, see Mazar i Sharif Airport. The orbit attitude and maneuvering system (OAMS) was a propulsion system used in orbit by the Gemini spacecraft. Operations Besides providing rotation control… …
3orbit — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ circular, elliptical ▪ eccentric ▪ Mercury s orbit is fairly eccentric. ▪ high, low …
4orbit — [ôr′bit] n. [MFr orbite < ML orbita < L, path, track < orbis, a circle, wheel] 1. the bony cavity containing the eye; eye socket 2. [L orbita] a) the actual or imaginary path taken by a celestial body during its periodic revolution… …
5Orbit determination — is a branch of astronomy specialised in calculating, and hence predicting, the orbits of objects such as moons, planets, and spacecraft . These orbits could be orbiting the Earth, or other bodies. The determination of the orbit of newly observed… …
6Spacecraft Velocity Anomalies — refers to unexplained variances in the velocity of multiple spacecraft, where the spacecraft are traveling faster than expected or can so far be accounted for, relative to Earth orbit. Although the effect exists with spacecraft in orbits roughly… …
7spacecraft — [spās′kraft΄, spās′kräft΄] n. pl. spacecraft any vehicle, satellite, etc. designed to orbit the earth or travel through the solar system: often called, esp. if unmanned, space capsule …
8orbit — ► NOUN 1) the regularly repeated elliptical course of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star or planet. 2) a field of activity or influence. 3) the path of an electron round an atomic nucleus. 4) Anatomy the eye socket. ► VERB (orbited,… …
9Spacecraft propulsion — A remote camera captures a close up view of a Space Shuttle Main Engine during a test firing at the John C. Stennis Space Center in Hancock County, Mississippi Spacecraft propulsion is any method used to accelerate spacecraft and artificial… …
10Spacecraft — Spaceship redirects here. For other uses, see Spaceship (disambiguation). More than 100 Russian Soyuz manned spacecraft (TMA version shown) have flown since 1967, originally for a Soviet manned lunar program, but currently supporting the… …
