Station keeping
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Station keeping may refer to:
  • Orbital stationkeeping
    Orbital stationkeeping
    In astrodynamics orbital station-keeping is a term used to describe the orbital maneuvers made by thruster burns that are needed to keep a spacecraft in a particular assigned orbit.For many Earth satellites the effects of the non-Keplerian forces, i.e...

    , manoeuvres used to keep a spacecraft in an assigned orbit
    Orbit
    In physics, an orbit is the gravitationally curved path of an object around a point in space, for example the orbit of a planet around the center of a star system, such as the Solar System...

  • Nautical stationkeeping
    Nautical stationkeeping
    Station keeping in a nautical situation is when a vessel is to:* maintain a position in relation to another moving vessel or vessels, such as when** conducting underway replenishment or** part of a task force or convoy...

    , maintaining a seagoing vessel in a position relative to other vessels or a fixed point
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