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GTO is a highly elliptical Earth orbit with an apogee (the point in the orbit of the moon or a satellite at which it is furthest from the earth) of 42,164 km (26,199 mi), [3] or a height of 35,786 km (22,236 mi) above sea level, which corresponds to the geostationary altitude.
A space station (or orbital station) is a spacecraft which remains in orbit and hosts humans for extended periods of time. It therefore is an artificial satellite featuring habitation facilities . The purpose of maintaining a space station varies depending on the program.
A large spacecraft such as the International Space Station can be constructed by assembling modules in orbit, or in-space propellant transfer conducted to greatly increase the delta-V capabilities of a cislunar or deep space vehicle. Distributed launch enables space missions that are not possible with single launch architectures. [13]
The European Ariane 5 first flew in 1996 and launched many commercial payloads to GTO. It benefited in this role by launching from Guiana Space Center, a spaceport near the equator in French territory. Ariane 5 often carried multiple payloads per launch and set records for mass to GTO delivered for commercial payloads.
[note 2] Liquid-propellant rockets have a motor that feeds liquid propellant(s) into a combustion chamber. Most liquid engines use a bipropellant , consisting of two liquid propellants (fuel and oxidizer) which are stored and handled separately before being mixed and burned inside the combustion chamber.
Falcon Heavy payload performance to geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO) is reduced by the reusable technology, but at a much lower price. When recovering all three booster cores, GTO payload is 8 t (18,000 lb). [1] If only the two outside cores are recovered while the center core is expended, GTO payload would be approximately 16 t (35,000 lb ...
The call sign of the International Space Station was Alpha, now Station. When different space missions and different control centers work together in joint operations, for example when a Dragon capsule docks to the ISS, NASA connects all communication channels using what is known as the Big Loop. [10]
01:27 [2] Falcon 9 Block 5: F9-418 Cape Canaveral SLC-40: SpaceX: Thuraya 4-NGS: Thuraya: GTO to Geosynchronous: Communications: In orbit: Operational Planned replacement for Thuraya 2 and 3. [1] 6 January 20:00 [3] [4] Long March 3B/E: 3B-Y104 Xichang LC-3 CASC: Shijian 25: SAST: GTO to Geosynchronous: Satellite servicing Technology ...