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sub-synchronous satellite [1 record]

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Record 1 1995-11-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
DEF

A satellite for which the mean sidereal period of revolution about the primary body is a sub-multiple ... of the sidereal period of rotation of the primary body about its own axis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux
DEF

Satellite dont la période de révolution est un diviseur de la période de rotation de la Terre, soit 23 heures et 56 minutes.

Spanish

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