orbit injection

  • 1injection — Synonyms and related words: Earth insertion, LEM, LM, antitoxin, apogee, aside, attitude control rocket, bag, ballistic capsule, bang, booster, booster dose, booster shot, brewing, burn, capsule, deck, deep space ship, docking, docking maneuver,… …

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  • 2orbit — 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… …

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  • 3injection — noun Date: 15th century 1. a. an act or instance of injecting b. the placing of an artificial satellite or a spacecraft into an orbit or on a trajectory; also the time or place at which injection occurs 2. something (as a medication) that is… …

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  • 4injection — /in jek sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of injecting. 2. something that is injected. 3. a liquid injected into the body, esp. for medicinal purposes, as a hypodermic or an enema. 4. state of being hyperemic or bloodshot. 5. Math. a one to one function. 6 …

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  • 5injection — in•jec•tion [[t]ɪnˈdʒɛk ʃən[/t]] n. 1) the act of injecting 2) something that is injected 3) pha a liquid injected into the body, esp. for medicinal purposes 4) ars the process of putting a spacecraft into orbit or some other desired trajectory • …

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  • 6Parking orbit — A parking orbit is a temporary orbit used during the launch of a satellite or other space probe. A launch vehicle boosts into the parking orbit, then coasts for a while, then fires again to enter the final desired trajectory. The alternative to a …

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  • 7Trans Lunar Injection — Typical lunar transfer trajectories approximate Hohmann transfers, although low energy transfers have also been used in some cases, as with the Hiten probe. [cite web |url=http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1990 007A… …

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  • 8Direct injection — may refer to: A music recording technique more commonly referred to as Direct Input A method of fuel injection for an internal combustion engine, as in a gasoline direct injection petrol engines and most diesel engines A method of launching a… …

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  • 9Trans Earth Injection — (TEI) is a term describing the propulsion maneuver used to set a spacecraft on a trajectory which will intersect the Earth.The spacecraft is usually in a parking orbit around Moon at the time of TEI (Apollo 13 being the exception). Unmanned space …

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  • 10orbital injection — The process of providing a space vehicle with sufficient velocity to establish an orbit …

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