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    (MSFC). The Orbital Express program was aimed at developing "a safe and cost-effective approach to autonomously service satellites in orbit". The system...
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    connects Outer London town centres, railway stations and transport hubs. Orbital express bus routes were proposed in 2008 by Mayor of London Boris Johnson,...
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  • are expressed in units of time, usually hours, days, or years. According to Kepler's Third Law, the orbital period T of two point masses orbiting each...
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     218–219. ISBN 9780387789040. "On-Orbit Mission Updates". archive.darpa.mil. Retrieved 2018-08-01. "Orbital Express". archive.darpa.mil. Retrieved 2018-08-01...
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  • (MSFC). The Orbital Express program was aimed at developing "a safe and cost-effective approach to autonomously service satellites in orbit". The system...
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    in orbit around a planet other than Earth, behind only NASA's still active 2001 Mars Odyssey. The Mars Express mission is dedicated to the orbital (and...
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    Orbital inclination measures the tilt of an object's orbit around a celestial body. It is expressed as the angle between a reference plane and the orbital...
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    The first unmanned Orbital Flight Test did not occur until December 20, 2019, and was deemed a partial failure. A second Orbital Flight Test was required...
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    listeners believe that they had bought a mis-pressed album (Orbital 1 packaged as Orbital 2). The album reached #28 on the UK album charts, staying in...
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  • Orbital Express Launch Ltd., or Orbex, is a United Kingdom-based aerospace company that is developing a small commercial orbital rocket called Prime. Orbex...
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  • Orbit Express Airlines, shortly Orex Airlines, was a cargo airline based in Istanbul, Turkey. It was established in 2003, and operated scheduled and charter...
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    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...
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    In quantum mechanics, an atomic orbital (/ˈɔːrbɪtəl/) is a function describing the location and wave-like behavior of an electron in an atom. This function...
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    designed a small launcher called Orbital Express (later renamed "ORBEX") for taking 100-kg payloads to low-Earth orbit, collaborating with Bristol Aerospace...
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  • the deal to complete. The deal was closed on February 16, 2024. The Orbital Express autonomous satellite servicing mission The WorldView-2 Earth observation...
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  • Thumbnail for Orbital propellant depot
    An orbital propellant depot is a cache of propellant that is placed in orbit around Earth or another body to allow spacecraft or the transfer stage of...
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    X26 was renumbered SL7, becoming part of the Superloop network of orbital express bus routes. The frequency was also increased to every 8-20 minutes...
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  • Orbital elements are the parameters required to uniquely identify a specific orbit. In celestial mechanics these elements are considered in two-body systems...
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  • KIKU-7, also known as Orihime/Hikoboshi Kosmos 186 and Kosmos 188 Orbital Express Robotic Refueling Mission "Government Of India, Department Of Space...
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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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    detectable gravitational waves. Orbital decay is caused by one or more mechanisms which absorb energy from the orbital motion, such as fluid friction,...
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  • In chemistry, orbital hybridisation (or hybridization) is the concept of mixing atomic orbitals to form new hybrid orbitals (with different energies,...
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    axis the orbital period does not depend on the eccentricity (See also: Kepler's third law). Under standard assumptions, the specific orbital energy (...
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    A geosynchronous orbit (sometimes abbreviated GSO) is an Earth-centered orbit with an orbital period that matches Earth's rotation on its axis, 23 hours...
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    upcoming orbital launch systems. For retired launch vehicles, see Comparison of retired orbital launch systems. This comparison of orbital launch systems...
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  • cryogenic propellants. Space Infrastructure Servicing by Canadian MDA Orbital Express — a 2007 U.S. government-sponsored mission to test in-space satellite...
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    center of the orbit is relatively close to the center of the Sun (relative to the size of the orbit). As seen from Earth, the planet's orbital prograde motion...
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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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    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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    near-geosynchronous orbit, although large delta-v orbital maneuvering services were also envisioned. Building off of the 2007 Orbital Express mission—a U.S...
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