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Space flight
Of or relating to the act of voyaging outside the Earth's atmosphere and into outer space, and the science involved in achieving it.
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One-way light time (OWLT)
Aerospace; Space flight
Elapsed time between Earth and spacecraft or solar system body.
Opposition
Aerospace; Space flight
Configuration in which one celestial body is opposite another in the sky. A planet is in opposition when it is 180 degrees away from the sun as viewed from another planet (such as Earth). For ...
Oort cloud
Aerospace; Space flight
A large number of comets theorised to orbit the sun in the neighbourhood of 50,000 AU.
Newton (N)
Aerospace; Space flight
The SI unit of force equal to that required to accelerate a 1-kg mass 1 m per second per second (1m/sec2). Compare with dyne.
Multiplexing
Aerospace; Space flight
A scheme for delivering many different measurements in one data stream. See Chapter 10.
Moonset
Aerospace; Space flight
For technical definition, please follow this link to the U.S. Naval Observatory Astronomical Applications website.
Moonrise
Aerospace; Space flight
For technical definition, please follow this link to the U.S. Naval Observatory Astronomical Applications website.
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