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- maneuvers used to keep a spacecraft in an ****igned orbit Nautical stationkeeping, maintaining a seagoing vessel in a position relative to other vessels...
- the typical delta-V is much smaller than 0.5 m/sec. Typical annual stationkeeping costs have been around 1.0 m/sec for ACE and WIND, and much less than...
- a particular point on the Earth's surface. The orbit requires some stationkeeping to keep its position, and modern retired satellites are placed in a...
- Torrance, California: Microcosm Press. p. 220. ISBN 978-1-881-883-15-9. "Stationkeeping in Mars orbit". www.planetary.org. Retrieved 2017-11-21. Silva, Juan;...
- centimeters), talking over the radio. At one stage the spacecraft were stationkeeping so well that neither crew had to make any burns for 20 minutes. Schirra...
- propulsion—chemical propulsion for major maneuvers and electric propulsion for stationkeeping maneuvers or to reduce the propellant demands of orbit changes. Electric...
- Seamanship is the art, competence, and knowledge of operating a ship, boat or other craft on water. The Oxford Dictionary states that seamanship is "The...
- ViaSat-3 class use electric propulsion, which requires less fuel for stationkeeping operations over their lifetime, making them the heaviest all-electric...
- SSCV Sleipnir is a semi-submersible crane vessel (SSCV) owned and operated by the Netherlands-based Heerema Marine Contractors. It was ordered in 2015...
- extending about half the body's length, and are apparently used for stationkeeping in the water column. The pectoral fins are inserted low on the body...