Sentence examples for maintain spacecraft about from inspiring English sources

In this study the gravitational perturbations of the Sun and other planets are modeled on the dynamics near the Earth Moon Lagrange points and optimal continuous and discrete station-keeping maneuvers are found to maintain spacecraft about these points.

The sunshade maintains the spacecraft at room temperature.

The orbit maneuvers also maintained the spacecraft separation between 40 and 60 km in order to reduce KBRR signal multipath, whereas during the Primary Mission the spacecraft separation ranged from 70 to 200 km.

And the agency says the added benefits of international cooperation and learning how to build and maintain long-duration spacecraft also make the project worthwhile.

The formation must maintain the relative spacecraft separations to within a tolerance of a few metres.

As the spacecraft neared, it separated into two pieces — the main spacecraft, about the size of a subcompact car, and the 800-pound impactor, which crashed into the comet on July 4 , 2005

These anomalies greatly influence the orbit of spacecraft about the Moon.

For about 7 hours, the lander will fall, unpowered, under the feeble gravity of the 4-kilometer-long comet, and managers want the orbiting spacecraft to maintain as much radio contact as possible.

The spacecraft will maintain the longest continuous image record of the Earth's surface as viewed from space.

"The thermal system is fundamental for the spacecraft to maintain all the temperatures in a safe range for the instruments, for the units we have onboard, and mainly for the propellant tanks," explained Esa spacecraft operations manager Andrea Accomazzo.

and are stable points in the Solar System where a spacecraft can maintain its position without expending energy.