Station keeping

Station keeping

Station keeping may refer to:
*Orbital stationkeeping, manoeuvres used to keep a spacecraft in an assigned orbit
*Nautical stationkeeping, maintaining a seagoing vessel in a position relative to other vessels or a fixed point


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