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    A trajectory or flight path is the path that an object with mass in motion follows through space as a function of time. In classical mechanics, a trajectory...
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    In astrodynamics or celestial mechanics a parabolic trajectory is a Kepler orbit with the eccentricity equal to 1 and is an unbound orbit that is exactly...
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  • Trajectory optimization is the process of designing a trajectory that minimizes (or maximizes) some measure of performance while satisfying a set of constraints...
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    astrodynamics or celestial mechanics, a hyperbolic trajectory or hyperbolic orbit is the trajectory of any object around a central body with more than...
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    field, such as from Earth's surface, and moves along a curved path (a trajectory) under the action of gravity only. In the particular case of projectile...
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    free-flight is about 4,500 kilometers (2,800 mi). A ballistic missile's trajectory consists of three parts or phases: the boost phase, the mid-course phase...
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    orbital mechanics, a circumlunar trajectory, trans-lunar trajectory or lunar free return is a type of free return trajectory which takes a spacecraft from...
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  • trajectories include: trajectory of a projectile lofted trajectory, a particular type of non-minimum energy ballistic trajectory trajectory (fluid mechanics)...
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    Trajectory inference or pseudotemporal ordering is a computational technique used in single-cell transcriptomics to determine the pattern of a dynamic...
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    orthogonal trajectory is a curve which intersects any curve of a given pencil of (planar) curves orthogonally. For example, the orthogonal trajectories of a...
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  • which is called a Regge trajectory. Thus in this consideration the orbital momentum can assume complex values. Regge trajectories can be obtained for many...
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  • is a spaceflight in which the spacecraft reaches outer space, but its trajectory intersects the surface of the gravitating body from which it was launched...
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    Death trajectory refers to the pattern of dying when a patient is given a projected death date with limited or no medical recourse for the remaining existence...
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    In orbital mechanics, a free-return trajectory is a trajectory of a spacecraft traveling away from a primary body (for example, the Earth) where gravity...
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    which is used to send a spacecraft to the Moon. Typical lunar transfer trajectories approximate Hohmann transfers, although low-energy transfers have also...
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    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...
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    MISTRAM (MISsile TRAjectory Measurement) was a high-resolution tracking system used by the United States Air Force (and later NASA) to provide highly detailed...
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  • Natasha Irons helps Trajectory maintain her place on Infinity Inc. until Luthor strips the latter of her powers, leading to Trajectory being killed by Blockbuster...
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    only during the relatively brief initial phase of powered flight and the trajectory is subsequently governed by the laws of classical mechanics; in contrast...
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  • a trajectory to the parking orbit, then coasts for a while, then engines fire again to enter the final desired trajectory. An alternative trajectory that...
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    for ballistic missiles that is capable of maneuvering and changing its trajectory. There are two general reasons to use MARV. One is to make it more difficult...
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  • celestial mechanics a radial trajectory is a Kepler orbit with zero angular momentum. Two objects in a radial trajectory move directly towards or away...
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    traces a path (a phase-space trajectory for the system) through the high-dimensional space. The phase-space trajectory represents the set of states compatible...
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  • World line (redirect from 4D Trajectory)
    distinguished from concepts such as an "orbit" or a "trajectory" (e.g., a planet's orbit in space or the trajectory of a car on a road) by inclusion of the dimension...
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    "Trajectories". Retrieved 26 July 2017. Also available spaceodyssey.dmns.org Archived 2017-07-28 at the Wayback Machine. Tyson Sparks, Trajectories to...
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    escape from contact with or orbit of a primary body, assuming: Ballistic trajectory - no other forces are acting on the object, including propulsion and friction...
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  • velocity squared, or energy per mass. Every object in a 2-body ballistic trajectory has a constant specific orbital energy ϵ {\displaystyle \epsilon } equal...
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    mission was proposed with a crew of four astronauts, sent on a free-return trajectory around the Moon. Another proposal suggested in 2017 was to take four astronauts...
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  • Single-Particle Lagrangian Integrated Trajectory model (HYSPLIT) is a computer model that is used to compute air parcel trajectories to determine how far and in...
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    length of the semi-major axis. The velocity equation for a hyperbolic trajectory has either ( + 1 a ) {\displaystyle (+{1 \over {a}})} , or it is the same...
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