Explore: Parking Orbits

program used parking orbits, for all the reasons mentioned above except those that pertain to geostationary orbits. When the Space Shuttle orbiter launched

only a few orbital trajectories possible for indefinite frozen orbits. These would be useful for long-term stays in LLO. Most lunar low orbits below 100 km

gravitational orbit classified by various characteristics. The following is a list of types of orbits: Galactocentric orbit: An orbit about the center

missions beyond LEO (Low Earth Orbit), spacecraft are inserted into parking orbits, or lower intermediary orbits. The parking orbit approach greatly simplified

spacecraft performs TLI to begin a lunar transfer from a low circular parking orbit around Earth. The large TLI burn, usually performed by a chemical rocket

another planet using the simple low-energy Hohmann transfer orbit, if eccentricity of orbits is not a factor, launch periods are periodic according to the

Sun-synchronous frozen orbits. Orbital perturbation analysis (spacecraft) Analemma Geosynchronous orbit Geostationary orbit List of orbits Polar orbit World Geodetic

the initial parking orbit, and the restarting of the S-IVB to propel the space vehicle towards the planned distance, beyond the Moon's orbit, was deemed

trajectories and would give way to the second generation probes which had parking orbits. Pioneer P-31 was virtually identical to the earlier Pioneer P-30 satellite

launched on November 10, 1970, at 14:44:01 UTC. After reaching earth parking orbit, the final stage of Luna 17's launching rocket fired to place it into