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Geostationary ring

Region of geostationary orbits

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Geostationary orbit

Circular orbit above Earth's Equator and following the direction of Earth's rotation

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Delta-v budget

Estimate of total change in velocity of a space mission

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Bi-elliptic transfer

Type of orbital maneuver

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Interplanetary Transport Network

Low-energy trajectories in the Solar System

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Low-energy transfer

Fuel-efficient orbital maneuver

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Orbit phasing
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Near-equatorial orbit

Type of orbit around an astronomical body

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Nodal precession

Rotation of a satellite as it orbits

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Orbital mechanics

Field of classical mechanics concerned with the motion of spacecraft

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Polar orbit

Satellite orbit with high inclination

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Geostationary transfer orbit

Transfer orbit used to reach geosynchronous or geostationary orbit

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Osculating orbit

Orbital perturbations

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Tsiolkovsky rocket equation

Mathematical equation describing the motion of a rocket

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Trans-lunar injection

Propulsive maneuver used to arrive at the Moon

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Satellite ground track

Path on the surface of the Earth or another body directly below an aircraft or satellite

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Spacecraft flight dynamics

Application of mechanical dynamics to model the flight of space vehicles

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Transposition, docking, and extraction

Maneuver done by the Apollo spacecraft

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Canonical units
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Frozen orbit

Orbit in which natural drifting has been minimized

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Orbital inclination change

Spaceflight maneuver

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Patched conic approximation

Method to calculate trajectory calculations for spacecraft

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Propellant mass fraction

Concept in aerospace engineering

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Synchronous orbit

Orbit of an astronomical body equal to that body's average rotational period

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Parking orbit

Temporary orbit used during the launch of a spacecraft

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Gravity loss
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Orbital maneuver

Movement during spaceflight

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Supersynchronous orbit

Kind of planetary orbit

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Hohmann transfer orbit

Transfer manoeuvre between two orbits

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Gravity assist

Space navigation technique

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Sphere of influence (astrodynamics)

Region of space gravitationally dominated by a given body

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Mass ratio

Measure of the efficiency of a rocket based on its propellant's mass

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Escape velocity

Concept in celestial mechanics

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