kõver, mida mööda looduslik või tehislik taevakeha tiirleb ümber massiivsema keha või kehade süsteemi selle gravitatsiooniväljas
path, relative to a specified frame of reference, described by the centre of mass of a satellite or other object in space, subjected solely to forces of natural origin, mainly the force of gravity
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by extension, the path described by the centre of mass of an object in space subjected to forces of natural origin and occasional corrective forces exerted by a propulsive device in order to achieve and maintain a desired path. See also: geostationary orbit (narrower) [ IATE:1366030 ] medium Earth orbit (narrower), [ IATE:1694240 ] low Earth orbit (narrower), [ IATE:151479 ] satellite (narrower) [ IATE:1592828 ]
While the satellite revolves on its orbit, the Earth rotates on its axis below. Every time the satellite makes a complete rotation, a new strip of the Earth's surface is scanned, and after a certain number of rotations the entire surface of the Earth will have been acquired.
