spacecraft navigation

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• navigation — navigational, adj. /nav i gay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of navigating. 2. the art or science of plotting, ascertaining, or directing the course of a ship, aircraft, or guided missile. [1520 30; < L navigation (s. of navigatio) a voyage.… …   Universalium

• Navigation — ist die „Steuermannskunst“ zu Wasser (Nautik), zu Land und in der Luft. Ihr Ziel ist, das Fahr bzw. Flugzeug sicher zum gewünschten Zielpunkt zu steuern. Dem Steuern gehen zwei geometrische Aufgaben voraus: das Feststellen der momentanen Position …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Navigation (Schifffahrt) — Navigation ist die Steuermannskunst zu Wasser (Nautik), zu Land, in der Luft und im Weltraum. Allgemeiner bezeichnet sie das sich Zurechtfinden in einem topografischen Raum, um einen gewünschten Ort zu erreichen. Quadrant des Hevelius, um 1644… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Spacecraft — Spaceship redirects here. For other uses, see Spaceship (disambiguation). More than 100 Russian Soyuz manned spacecraft (TMA version shown) have flown since 1967, originally for a Soviet manned lunar program, but currently supporting the… …   Wikipedia

• Spacecraft propulsion — A remote camera captures a close up view of a Space Shuttle Main Engine during a test firing at the John C. Stennis Space Center in Hancock County, Mississippi Spacecraft propulsion is any method used to accelerate spacecraft and artificial… …   Wikipedia

• Navigation light — The winglet and red navigation light on the port (left) wing of a South African Airways Boeing 747 400 aircraft A navigation light is a colored source of illumination on an aircraft, spacecraft, or waterborne vessel, used to signal a craft s… …   Wikipedia

• navigation — noun Date: 1547 1. the act or practice of navigating 2. the science of getting ships, aircraft, or spacecraft from place to place; especially the method of determining position, course, and distance traveled 3. ship traffic or commerce •… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• navigation — nav•i•ga•tion [[t]ˌnæv ɪˈgeɪ ʃən[/t]] n. 1) naut. navig. the act or process of navigating 2) naut. navig. the art or science of plotting, ascertaining, or directing the course of a ship, aircraft, spacecraft, etc • Etymology: 1520–30; < L… …   From formal English to slang

• Stardust (spacecraft) — Infobox Spacecraft Name = Stardust Caption = Artist s conception of the Stardust spacecraft Organization = NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Major Contractors = Lockheed Martin Mission Type = Fly by, sample collection Satellite Of = Sun Orbital… …   Wikipedia

• Inertial navigation system — An Inertial Navigation System (INS) is a navigation aid that uses a computer and motion sensors to continuously track the position, orientation, and velocity (direction and speed of movement) of a vehicle without the need for external references …   Wikipedia

• DART (spacecraft) — DART, or Demonstration for Autonomous Rendezvous Technology, is a NASA sponsored project. The goal was to develop and demonstrate an automated navigation and rendezvous capability in a NASA spacecraft. Currently, only the Russian Space Agency and …   Wikipedia