Role of orbital operations in astronautics and survey of orbital operations and their specific objectives is shown; review of orbital operations during years 1959-63; orbital operations for missions involving terrestrial space relating to space stations, space station maintenance, satellite identification and maintenance, orbital refueling and reloading, orbital assembly of large lunar and planetary spaceships, orbital convoy and rescue; orbital operations in cislunar and lunar space, in interplanetary and planetary space; intercept, rendezvous, flyby, and interorbital transfer; typical orbital launch operation.


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    Title :

    Orbital operations


    Additional title:

    Advances Space Science Technology


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    1963


    Size :

    95 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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