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- noun Alternative form of
gravity assist .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (spaceflight) a trajectory that passes close to a planetary body in order to gain energy from its gravitational field
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Examples
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Still, if there was something you really need to get rid of some isotope with no hope of beginning usable then using the VASIMAR to setup some gravity-assist with Venus and Mercury might help shed all that delta-V.
Plasma Rocket Could Help Pick Up Space Trash | Universe Today 2009
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Mission design team members say that directing MESSENGER along just the right path above Earth will mean smaller course-correction maneuvers on the way to the 2006 gravity-assist flyby at Venus - ultimately saving fuel for later in the mission.
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Mission design team members say that directing MESSENGER along just the right path above Earth will mean smaller course-correction maneuvers on the way to the 2006 gravity-assist flyby at Venus - ultimately saving fuel for later in the mission.
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It used lunar gravity-assist to put it in orbit at the L2 point of the Sun-Earth system, 940,000 miles behind the Earth, with the Sun on the other side.
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Because of the enormous distance of Saturn from the Earth, Cassini-Huygens's flight required four gravity-assist maneuvers - two of Venus, one of Earth and one of Jupiter - to gain enough speed to reach the outer solar system within the time frame required by the mission profile.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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So much gravity, in fact, that they often need to use wheelchairs or other gravity-assist devices.
Chicago Reader 2010
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Because of the enormous distance of Saturn from the Earth, Cassini-Huygens's flight required four gravity-assist maneuvers - two of Venus, one of Earth and one of Jupiter - to gain enough speed to reach the outer solar system within the time frame required by the mission profile.
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So much gravity, in fact, that they often need to use wheelchairs or other gravity-assist devices.
Chicago Reader 2010
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Because of the enormous distance of Saturn from the Earth, Cassini-Huygens's flight required four gravity-assist maneuvers - two of Venus, one of Earth and one of Jupiter - to gain enough speed to reach the outer solar system within the time frame required by the mission profile.
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Because of the enormous distance of Saturn from the Earth, Cassini-Huygens's flight required four gravity-assist maneuvers - two of Venus, one of Earth and one of Jupiter - to gain enough speed to reach the outer solar system within the time frame required by the mission profile.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010
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