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HELIOCENTRIC ORBIT [2 records]

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Record 1 2025-06-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Launching and Space Maneuvering
CONT

Stopping(orbital insertion). The ability to slow down from a heliocentric orbit and to enter a desired orbit around a target planet is a basic requirement for virtually all augmentation missions. The Mars sample return mission, for example, requires two such orbit insertions. First, the spacecraft must enter orbit around Mars, and later, the sample return capsule must safely enter orbit around Earth to await recovery.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lancement et manœuvres dans l'espace
DEF

Transfert d'un engin spatial d'une orbite à une autre.

OBS

insertion sur orbite : désignation et définition publiées au Journal officiel de la République française le 26 janvier 2025.

Spanish

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Record 2 2008-07-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Launching and Space Maneuvering
  • The Sun (Astronomy)
CONT

A heliocentric orbit is an orbit around the Sun. In our Solar System, all planets, comets, and asteroids are in such orbits, as are many artificial probes and pieces of debris. The Moon, by contrast, is not in a heliocentric orbit as it orbits the Earth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lancement et manœuvres dans l'espace
  • Soleil (Astronomie)
CONT

Une orbite héliocentrique est une orbite dans laquelle le Soleil est le corps le plus massif. Il s'agit par conséquent des orbites du système solaire, des planètes, de certaines comètes et de multiples astéroïdes, de même que de nombreuses sondes spatiales.

Spanish

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