spacecraft orbit
111Lissajous orbit — In orbital mechanics, a Lissajous orbit is a quasi periodic orbital trajectory that an object can follow around a collinear libration point (Lagrangian point) of a three body system without requiring any propulsion. Lyapunov orbits around a… …
112Hohmann orbit — also called Transfer Orbit, most economical path (though not the shortest or fastest) for a spacecraft to take from one planet to another. The German engineer Walter Hohmann showed in 1925 that elliptical orbits tangent to the orbits of… …
113transfer orbit — /trænsfɜ ˈɔbət/ (say transfer awbuht) noun Physics an orbit which transfers a spacecraft from one circular orbit to another. Also, Hohmann orbit …
114List of spacecraft and crews that visited Mir — This is a list of the spacecraft and crews that visited the Russian space station Mir.Mir s core was originally launched on 19 February 1986. It was largely assembled while in orbit and had many short term crew (about a week aboard the station)… …
115Polar (spacecraft) — Polar is a NASA satellite designed to study the Aurora. It is distinguished by its ability to image the Aurora in several wavelengths: visible light, ultraviolet (UV) light and X rays.It was launched on 24 February 1996 into a highly elliptical… …
116Formation Autonomy Spacecraft with Thrust, Relnav, Attitude, and Crosslink — Template:Infobox Spacecraft Name = FASTRAC Caption = Organization = UT Austin, AFRL, STP Major Contractors = Bus = Mission Type = Technology demonstrator Flyby Of = Satellite Of = Earth Orbital Insertion Date = Orbits = Decay = Launch = TBD… …
117Columbus (spacecraft) — For the ISS module, see Columbus (ISS module). Columbus and Hermes (artist s impression) The Columbus Man Tended Free Flyer (MTFF) was a European Space Agency (ESA) program to develop a space station that could be used for a variety of… …
118Transfer 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… …
119Lunar Orbit Insertion — (LOI) is an orbital maneuver by means of which a spacecraft in placed on a selenocentric orbit …
120parking orbit — ☆ parking orbit n. a temporary orbit of an artificial satellite or spacecraft around the earth, moon, etc., prior to carrying out a further maneuver …
