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graveyard orbit

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Kosmoseteaduse ja -tehnoloogia terminibaas

ID 631068 Last modified 03.11.2022
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Domain spacecraft & rocketsspace travel
ärastusorbiit preferred
graveyard orbit preferred
  • orbiit, kuhu viiakse tegevuse lõpetanud satelliit, enamasti mõnisada kilomeetrit kõrgemal kui geostatsionaarne orbiit
  • an orbit that lies away from common operational orbits, mostly a supersynchronous orbit well beyond the geosynchronous orbit
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ärastusorbiit preferred
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  • Kosmosevaldkonna terminitest: pagumanöövriga ärastusorbiidile.
graveyard orbit preferred
Usage examples
  • A graveyard orbit is used when the change in velocity required to perform a de-orbit maneuver is too large.

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