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    Operation Orbital was the code-name for a British military operation to train and support the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It was launched in 2015 in response...
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    Ukraine. It is a successor to Operation Orbital (2015–2022) and began in July 2022. Unlike its predecessor, Operation Interflex takes place within the...
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    Operation Sea Orbit was the 1964 circumnavigation of Task Force One of the United States Navy, consisting of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVAN-65)...
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    Enhanced Forward Presence Operation KIPION - the ongoing UK presence in the Persian Gulf region Operation ORBITAL - the UK operation to provide training and...
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    4π2R3 = T2GM and V2R = GM, where R is the radius of orbit in metres; T, the orbital period in seconds; V, the orbital speed in m/s; G, the gravitational constant...
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    under Operation Orbital to help train the Armed Forces of Ukraine against further Russian aggression. This operation was succeeded by Operation Interflex...
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  • Orbital ATK Inc. was an American aerospace manufacturer and defense industry company. It was formed in February 9, 2015 from the merger of Orbital Sciences...
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    region. The terms atomic orbital and molecular orbital were introduced by Robert S. Mulliken in 1932 to mean one-electron orbital wave functions. At an elementary...
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    the Black Sea for training with the Ukrainian and allied navies (Operation Orbital). Later in the year, with marines from 42 Commando on board, the patrol...
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    gravitation. Orbital mechanics is a core discipline within space-mission design and control. Celestial mechanics treats more broadly the orbital dynamics...
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    orbit at an altitude of 20,200 kilometers (12,600 mi) with an orbital period of almost 12 hours. Geosynchronous orbit (GSO) and geostationary orbit (GEO)...
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  • molecular orbitals, which can be numbered i = 1 to n and which may not all be the same. The expression (linear expansion) for the i th molecular orbital would...
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    the blepharoplasty operation (operation to strengthen the orbital septum) are located posterior to the orbital septum. The orbital septum is an important...
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    match of the orbital velocities and position vectors of the two spacecraft, allowing them to remain at a constant distance through orbital station-keeping...
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    experience in spacecraft rendezvous technology, permanent human operations in orbit, long-term autonomous spaceflight of the space station, regenerative...
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    Spacecraft (redirect from Orbital Vehicle)
    except single-stage-to-orbit vehicles cannot get into space on their own, and require a launch vehicle (carrier rocket). On a sub-orbital spaceflight, a space...
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  • Orbital Sciences Corporation (commonly referred to as Orbital) was an American company specializing in the design, manufacture, and launch of small- and...
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  • considered a sub-orbital spaceflight. Some sub-orbital flights have been undertaken to test spacecraft and launch vehicles later intended for orbital spaceflight...
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  • Orbital Reef is an under development low Earth orbit (LEO) space station being designed by Blue Origin and Sierra Nevada Corporation's Sierra Space for...
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  • to drag from the Earth's atmosphere, which decreases the orbital altitude. The rate of orbital decay depends on the satellite's cross-sectional area and...
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  • deployed soldiers operationally on Operation Elgin (Bosnia / Kosovo), Operation Tosca (Cyprus), Operation Orbital (Ukraine), and as part of the NATO Enhanced...
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    large as those faced by orbital spaceflight. A minimal orbital spaceflight requires much higher velocities than a minimal sub-orbital flight, and so it is...
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  • In spaceflight an orbit insertion is an orbital maneuver which adjusts a spacecraft’s trajectory, allowing entry into an orbit around a planet, moon, or...
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    Space debris (redirect from Orbital debris)
    second-stage in an elliptical geocentric orbit with a low-perigee, thus ensuring rapid orbital decay and avoiding long-term orbital debris from spent rocket bodies...
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    is divided into two sections: the Russian Orbital Segment (ROS) assembled by Roscosmos, and the US Orbital Segment (USOS), assembled by NASA, JAXA, ESA...
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    bay: 7 × 4 ft (2.1 × 1.2 m) Performance Orbital speed: 17,426 mph (28,044 km/h) Orbit: Low Earth orbit Orbital time: 270 days (design) 908 days (demonstrated)...
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    by Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC) and later built and launched by Northrop Grumman. Pegasus is the world's first privately developed orbital launch...
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    project developer Eauclaire Tidal. Orbital previously announced in 2018 that they planned to deploy their floating 2 MW Orbital O2 turbines at the Morlais site...
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    Satellite (section Operation)
    during the orbital lifetime of LEO satellites. Orbital decay is caused by atmospheric drag and to keep the satellite in the correct orbit the platform...
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    The Space Shuttle orbiter is the spaceplane component of the Space Shuttle, a partially reusable orbital spacecraft system that was part of the discontinued...
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