Orbit insertion, the Glossary

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1. 34 relations: Aerobraking, Aerocapture, Apollo command and service module, Apollo program, Astronomical object, Ballistic capture, CAPSTONE, Equator, Escape velocity, Geostationary orbit, Halo orbit, Hiten (spacecraft), Ion thruster, Lagrange point, Launch vehicle, Low Earth orbit, Lunar orbit, Magellan (spacecraft), Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Moon, Orbit, Orbital maneuver, Orbital speed, Planet, Plasma propulsion engine, Rocket, Satellite, Space tether, Spacecraft, Spacecraft propulsion, Spaceflight, Trace Gas Orbiter, Transfer orbit, Venus Express.

Aerobraking

Aerobraking is a spaceflight maneuver that reduces the high point of an elliptical orbit (apoapsis) by flying the vehicle through the atmosphere at the low point of the orbit (periapsis). Orbit insertion and Aerobraking are spacecraft propulsion.

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Aerocapture

Aerocapture is an orbital transfer maneuver in which a spacecraft uses aerodynamic drag force from a single pass through a planetary atmosphere to decelerate and achieve orbit insertion. Orbit insertion and Aerocapture are spacecraft propulsion.

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Apollo command and service module

The Apollo command and service module (CSM) was one of two principal components of the United States Apollo spacecraft, used for the Apollo program, which landed astronauts on the Moon between 1969 and 1972.

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Apollo program

The Apollo program, also known as Project Apollo, was the United States human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which succeeded in preparing and landing the first men on the Moon from 1968 to 1972.

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Astronomical object

An astronomical object, celestial object, stellar object or heavenly body is a naturally occurring physical entity, association, or structure that exists within the observable universe.

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Ballistic capture

Ballistic capture is a low energy method for a spacecraft to achieve an orbit around a distant planet or moon with no fuel required to go into orbit. Orbit insertion and Ballistic capture are spacecraft propulsion.

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CAPSTONE

CAPSTONE (Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment) is a lunar orbiter that is testing and verifying the calculated orbital stability planned for the Lunar Gateway space station.

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Equator

The equator is a circle of latitude that divides a spheroid, such as Earth, into the Northern and Southern hemispheres.

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Escape velocity

In celestial mechanics, escape velocity or escape speed is the minimum speed needed for an object to escape from contact with or orbit of a primary body, assuming.

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Geostationary orbit

A geostationary orbit, also referred to as a geosynchronous equatorial orbitGeostationary orbit and Geosynchronous (equatorial) orbit are used somewhat interchangeably in sources.

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Halo orbit

A halo orbit is a periodic, three-dimensional orbit associated with one of the L1, L2 or L3 Lagrange points in the three-body problem of orbital mechanics.

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Hiten (spacecraft)

The Hiten spacecraft (ひてん), given the English name Celestial Maiden and known before launch as MUSES-A (Mu Space Engineering Spacecraft A), part of the MUSES Program, was built by the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science of Japan and launched on January 24, 1990.

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Ion thruster

An ion thruster, ion drive, or ion engine is a form of electric propulsion used for spacecraft propulsion. Orbit insertion and ion thruster are spacecraft propulsion.

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Lagrange point

In celestial mechanics, the Lagrange points (also Lagrangian points or libration points) are points of equilibrium for small-mass objects under the gravitational influence of two massive orbiting bodies.

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Launch vehicle

A launch vehicle is typically a rocket-powered vehicle designed to carry a payload (a crewed spacecraft or satellites) from Earth's surface or lower atmosphere to outer space.

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Low Earth orbit

A low Earth orbit (LEO) is an orbit around Earth with a period of 128 minutes or less (making at least 11.25 orbits per day) and an eccentricity less than 0.25.

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Lunar orbit

In astronomy and spaceflight, a lunar orbit (also known as a selenocentric orbit) is an orbit by an object around Earth's Moon.

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Magellan (spacecraft)

The Magellan spacecraft was a robotic space probe launched by NASA on May 4, 1989.

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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) is a spacecraft designed to search for the existence of water on Mars and provide support for missions to Mars, as part of NASA's Mars Exploration Program.

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Moon

The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite.

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Orbit

In celestial mechanics, an orbit (also known as orbital revolution) is the curved trajectory of an object such as the trajectory of a planet around a star, or of a natural satellite around a planet, or of an artificial satellite around an object or position in space such as a planet, moon, asteroid, or Lagrange point.

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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.

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Orbital speed

In gravitationally bound systems, the orbital speed of an astronomical body or object (e.g. planet, moon, artificial satellite, spacecraft, or star) is the speed at which it orbits around either the barycenter (the combined center of mass) or, if one body is much more massive than the other bodies of the system combined, its speed relative to the center of mass of the most massive body.

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Planet

A planet is a large, rounded astronomical body that is generally required to be in orbit around a star, stellar remnant, or brown dwarf, and is not one itself.

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Plasma propulsion engine

A plasma propulsion engine is a type of electric propulsion that generates thrust from a quasi-neutral plasma. Orbit insertion and plasma propulsion engine are spacecraft propulsion.

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Rocket

A rocket (from bobbin/spool) is a vehicle that uses jet propulsion to accelerate without using any surrounding air.

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Satellite

A satellite or artificial satellite is an object, typically a spacecraft, placed into orbit around a celestial body.

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Space tether

Space tethers are long cables which can be used for propulsion, momentum exchange, stabilization and attitude control, or maintaining the relative positions of the components of a large dispersed satellite/spacecraft sensor system. Orbit insertion and Space tether are spacecraft propulsion and spaceflight concepts.

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Spacecraft

A spacecraft is a vehicle that is designed to fly and operate in outer space.

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Spacecraft propulsion

Spacecraft propulsion is any method used to accelerate spacecraft and artificial satellites.

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Spaceflight

Spaceflight (or space flight) is an application of astronautics to fly objects, usually spacecraft, into or through outer space, either with or without humans on board.

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Trace Gas Orbiter

The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO or ExoMars Orbiter) is a collaborative project between the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Russian Roscosmos agency that sent an atmospheric research orbiter and the ''Schiaparelli'' demonstration lander to Mars in 2016 as part of the European-led ExoMars programme.

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Transfer orbit

Category:Orbits Category:Astrodynamics In orbital mechanics, a transfer orbit is an intermediate elliptical orbit that is used to move a spacecraft in an orbital maneuver from one circular, or largely circular, orbit to another.

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Venus Express

Venus Express (VEX) was the first Venus exploration mission of the European Space Agency (ESA).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbit_insertion

Also known as Orbital injection, Orbital insertion, Planetary orbit insertion.