spacecraft orbit
61Phoenix (spacecraft) — This article is about the Mars lander. For the Star Trek spacecraft, see Phoenix (Star Trek). For other uses, see Phoenix (disambiguation). Phoenix Mars Mission Artist s impression of the Phoenix spacecraft as it lands on Mars Operator NASA …
62Cluster (spacecraft) — Cluster Operator European Space Agency in international collaboration with NASA Major contractors Dornier GmbH (now part of EADS) Mission type Orbiter Satellite of Earth …
63Shenzhou spacecraft — Shenzhou (zh cp |c=神舟 |p=Shén Zhōu) is a spacecraft developed by the People s Republic of China to support its manned spaceflight program. Its design is based on the Russian Soyuz spacecraft, and is much bigger. Like most Chinese military… …
64Graveyard orbit — A graveyard orbit, also called a supersynchronous orbit, junk orbit or disposal orbit, is an orbit significantly above synchronous orbit, where spacecraft are intentionally placed at the end of their operational life. It is a measure performed in …
65Geostationary 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… …
66Rosetta (spacecraft) — Infobox Spacecraft Name = Rosetta Organization = European Space Agency Major Contractors = European Space Agency Mission Type = Comet Orbiter/Lander Flyby Of = Earth, Mars, 2867 Šteins, 21 Lutetia Satellite Of = 67P/Churyumov Gerasimenko Launch …
67Genesis (spacecraft) — The Genesis spacecraft was the first ever attempt to collect a sample of solar wind, and the first sample return mission to return from beyond the orbit of the Moon. It was launched on August 8, 2001, and crash landed on September 8, 2004 after a …
68Halo orbit — A halo orbit is a periodic, three dimensional orbit near the L1, L2, or L3 Lagrange points in the three body problem of orbital mechanics. A spacecraft in a halo orbit does not technically orbit the Lagrange point itself (which is just an… …
69On-Orbit Servicing — Wartungs und Instandsetzungsarbeiten am Hubble Weltraumteleskop durch die Astronauten Smith und Grunsfeld …
70Don Quijote (spacecraft) — For other uses, see Don Quixote (disambiguation). Don Quixote Operator European Space Agency Bus Modified SMART 1[1] Mission type Orbiter, Impactor, and Lander …
