Illustrated Noodle Lexicon

Lexique illustré des nouilles
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phasing

phasage
фазирование
调相轨道

The process of altering the phase of an orbit whose elements are otherwise as desired, by switching to a lower (respectively higher) orbit to catch up (respectively fall back) to the desired phase. When the orbit is about the body Y and the desired phase is that of a target vessel or celestial X orbiting Y, in the X–Y–Orbit reference frame, the trajectory looks like a series of loops getting closer to X.

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