Faster access than browser!
38 relations: Advanced Composition Explorer, Artemis (satellite), Automated Transfer Vehicle, Delta-v, Delta-v budget, Drag (physics), Earth observation satellite, European Space Agency, Frozen orbit, Geostationary orbit, Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer, Gravity well, Ground track, Halo orbit, Heliophysics, Herschel Space Observatory, International Space Station, Ion thruster, James Webb Space Telescope, Jules Verne ATV, Lagrangian point, Lissajous orbit, Orbit, Orbital maneuver, Orbital mechanics, Orbital perturbation analysis, Plasma propulsion engine, Radiation pressure, Reaction control system, Shell theorem, Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, Soyuz (spacecraft), Space telescope, Spacecraft propulsion, Specific impulse, Sun-synchronous orbit, Teleoperator Retrieval System, WIND (spacecraft).
Advanced Composition Explorer
Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) is a NASA Explorers program Solar and space exploration mission to study matter comprising energetic particles from the solar wind, the interplanetary medium, and other sources.
New!!: Orbital station-keeping and Advanced Composition Explorer · See more »
Artemis (satellite)
Artemis is a geostationary earth orbit satellite (GEOS) for telecommunications, built by Alenia Spazio for ESA.
New!!: Orbital station-keeping and Artemis (satellite) · See more »
Automated Transfer Vehicle
The Automated Transfer Vehicle, originally Ariane Transfer Vehicle or ATV, was an expendable cargo spacecraft developed by the European Space Agency (ESA).
New!!: Orbital station-keeping and Automated Transfer Vehicle · See more »
Delta-v
Delta-v (literally "change in velocity"), symbolised as ∆v and pronounced delta-vee, as used in spacecraft flight dynamics, is a measure of the impulse that is needed to perform a maneuver such as launch from, or landing on a planet or moon, or in-space orbital maneuver.
New!!: Orbital station-keeping and Delta-v · See more »
Delta-v budget
In astrodynamics and aerospace, a delta-v budget is an estimate of the total delta-''v'' required for a space mission.
New!!: Orbital station-keeping and Delta-v budget · See more »
Drag (physics)
In fluid dynamics, drag (sometimes called air resistance, a type of friction, or fluid resistance, another type of friction or fluid friction) is a force acting opposite to the relative motion of any object moving with respect to a surrounding fluid.
New!!: Orbital station-keeping and Drag (physics) · See more »
Earth observation satellite
Earth observation satellites are satellites specifically designed for Earth observation from orbit, similar to spy satellites but intended for non-military uses such as environmental monitoring, meteorology, map making etc.
New!!: Orbital station-keeping and Earth observation satellite · See more »
European Space Agency
The European Space Agency (ESA; Agence spatiale européenne, ASE; Europäische Weltraumorganisation) is an intergovernmental organisation of 22 member states dedicated to the exploration of space.
New!!: Orbital station-keeping and European Space Agency · See more »
Frozen orbit
In orbital mechanics, a frozen orbit is an orbit for an artificial satellite in which natural drifting due to the central body's shape has been minimized by careful selection of the orbital parameters.
New!!: Orbital station-keeping and Frozen orbit · See more »
Geostationary orbit
A geostationary orbit, often referred to as a geosynchronous equatorial orbit (GEO), is a circular geosynchronous orbit above Earth's equator and following the direction of Earth's rotation.
New!!: Orbital station-keeping and Geostationary orbit · See more »
Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer
The Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) was the first of ESA's Living Planet Programme satellites intended to map in unprecedented detail the Earth's gravity field.
New!!: Orbital station-keeping and Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer · See more »
Gravity well
A gravity well or gravitational well is a conceptual model of the gravitational field surrounding a body in space – the more massive the body, the deeper and more extensive the gravity well associated with it.
New!!: Orbital station-keeping and Gravity well · See more »
Ground track
A ground track or ground trace is the path on the surface of the Earth directly below an aircraft or satellite.
New!!: Orbital station-keeping and Ground track · See more »
Halo 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.
New!!: Orbital station-keeping and Halo orbit · See more »
Heliophysics
The term heliophysics means "physics of the Sun" (the prefix "helio", from Attic Greek hḗlios, means Sun), and appears to have been used only in that sense until quite recently.
New!!: Orbital station-keeping and Heliophysics · See more »
Herschel Space Observatory
The Herschel Space Observatory was a space observatory built and operated by the European Space Agency (ESA).
New!!: Orbital station-keeping and Herschel Space Observatory · See more »
International Space Station
The International Space Station (ISS) is a space station, or a habitable artificial satellite, in low Earth orbit.
New!!: Orbital station-keeping and International Space Station · See more »
Ion thruster
An ion thruster or ion drive is a form of electric propulsion used for spacecraft propulsion.
New!!: Orbital station-keeping and Ion thruster · See more »
James Webb Space Telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a space telescope developed in collaboration between NASA, the European Space Agency, and the Canadian Space Agency that will be the scientific successor to the Hubble Space Telescope.
New!!: Orbital station-keeping and James Webb Space Telescope · See more »
Jules Verne ATV
The Jules Verne ATV, or Automated Transfer Vehicle 001 (ATV-001), was an unmanned cargo resupply spacecraft launched by the European Space Agency (ESA).
New!!: Orbital station-keeping and Jules Verne ATV · See more »
Lagrangian point
In celestial mechanics, the Lagrangian points (also Lagrange points, L-points, or libration points) are positions in an orbital configuration of two large bodies, wherein a small object, affected only by the gravitational forces from the two larger objects, will maintain its position relative to them.
New!!: Orbital station-keeping and Lagrangian point · See more »
Lissajous orbit
In orbital mechanics, a Lissajous orbit, named after Jules Antoine Lissajous, is a quasi-periodic orbital trajectory that an object can follow around a Lagrangian point of a three-body system without requiring any propulsion.
New!!: Orbital station-keeping and Lissajous orbit · See more »
Orbit
In physics, an orbit is the gravitationally curved trajectory of an object, such as the trajectory of a planet around a star or a natural satellite around a planet.
New!!: Orbital station-keeping and Orbit · See more »
Orbital maneuver
In spaceflight, an orbital maneuver (otherwise known as a burn) is the use of propulsion systems to change the orbit of a spacecraft.
New!!: Orbital station-keeping and Orbital maneuver · See more »
Orbital mechanics
Orbital mechanics or astrodynamics is the application of ballistics and celestial mechanics to the practical problems concerning the motion of rockets and other spacecraft.
New!!: Orbital station-keeping and Orbital mechanics · See more »
Orbital perturbation analysis
Orbital perturbation analysis is the activity of determining why a satellite's orbit differs from the mathematical ideal orbit.
New!!: Orbital station-keeping and Orbital perturbation analysis · See more »
Plasma propulsion engine
A plasma propulsion engine is a type of electric propulsion that generates thrust from a quasi-neutral plasma.
New!!: Orbital station-keeping and Plasma propulsion engine · See more »
Radiation pressure
Radiation pressure is the pressure exerted upon any surface due to the exchange of momentum between the object and the electromagnetic field.
New!!: Orbital station-keeping and Radiation pressure · See more »
Reaction control system
A reaction control system (RCS) is a spacecraft system that uses thrusters to provide attitude control, and sometimes translation.
New!!: Orbital station-keeping and Reaction control system · See more »
Shell theorem
In classical mechanics, the shell theorem gives gravitational simplifications that can be applied to objects inside or outside a spherically symmetrical body.
New!!: Orbital station-keeping and Shell theorem · See more »
Solar and Heliospheric Observatory
The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) is a spacecraft built by a European industrial consortium led by Matra Marconi Space (now Astrium) that was launched on a Lockheed Martin Atlas II AS launch vehicle on December 2, 1995, to study the Sun, and has discovered over 3000 comets.
New!!: Orbital station-keeping and Solar and Heliospheric Observatory · See more »
Soyuz (spacecraft)
Soyuz is a series of spacecraft designed for the Soviet space program by the Korolev Design Bureau (now RKK Energia) in the 1960s that remains in service today.
New!!: Orbital station-keeping and Soyuz (spacecraft) · See more »
Space telescope
A space telescope or space observatory is an instrument located in outer space to observe distant planets, galaxies and other astronomical objects.
New!!: Orbital station-keeping and Space telescope · See more »
Spacecraft propulsion
Spacecraft propulsion is any method used to accelerate spacecraft and artificial satellites.
New!!: Orbital station-keeping and Spacecraft propulsion · See more »
Specific impulse
Specific impulse (usually abbreviated Isp) is a measure of how effectively a rocket uses propellant or jet engine uses fuel.
New!!: Orbital station-keeping and Specific impulse · See more »
Sun-synchronous orbit
A Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO, also called a heliosynchronous orbit) is a nearly polar orbit around a planet, in which the satellite passes over any given point of the planet's surface at the same local mean solar time.
New!!: Orbital station-keeping and Sun-synchronous orbit · See more »
Teleoperator Retrieval System
Teleoperator Retrieval System was an unmanned spacecraft ordered by NASA in the late 1970s to re-boost Skylab using the Space Shuttle, which was also in development at that time.
New!!: Orbital station-keeping and Teleoperator Retrieval System · See more »
WIND (spacecraft)
The Global Geospace Science (GGS) Wind satellite is a NASA science spacecraft launched at 04:31:00 EST on November 1, 1994, from launch pad 17B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) in Merritt Island, Florida aboard a McDonnell Douglas Delta II 7925-10 rocket.
New!!: Orbital station-keeping and WIND (spacecraft) · See more »
Redirects here:
Orbital station keeping, Orbital stationkeeping, Stationkeeping.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbital_station-keeping
