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Gravity assist

A gravity assist, gravity assist maneuver, swing-by, or generally a gravitational slingshot in orbital mechanics, is a type of spaceflight flyby which makes use of the relative movement (e.g. orbit around the Sun) and gravity of a planet or other astronomical object to alter the path and speed of a spacecraft, typically to save propellant and reduce expense.

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Gravity assist

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Gravity assist

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related to Historical origins · 15
Gravity assist → Be Reading, Build, Flight, Friedrich Zander, Gaetano Crocco, In, Interplanetary Flights, Italian, Jet Propulsion, Order, Problems, Solar System, The, To Those Who Will, Yuri Kondratyuk
related to Limits · 13
Gravity assist → Another, For, Grand Tour, Jupiter, Neptune, On, Saturn, That, The, There, This, Uranus, Voyager
see also · 13
Gravity assist → Cruithne, Dynamical, Earth's, Earth's Moon, Earth-Moon, EarthDelta-v, Jupiter, OOE, Out-Of-The-Ecliptic, Spaceflight, Sun, This, Transport Networkn-body
related to External links · 9
Gravity assist → Basics, Double-ball, Gravitational Slingshot, Gravity Assist Primer, MathPages, NASA, Phy6, Space Flight, Spacecraft
related to Notable examples of use · 9
Gravity assist → In December, Jupiter, Luna, Moon, NASA's Pioneer, Pioneer, Solar System, The, Thereafter
related to Explanation · 4
Gravity assist → Because, Imagine, Sun, The

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Gravity assistrelated to External linksSpace Flight0.60section
Gravity assistrelated to External linksGravity Assist Primer0.60section
Gravity assistrelated to External linksNASA0.60section
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Gravity assistrelated to External linksPhy60.60section
Gravity assistrelated to External linksGravitational Slingshot0.60section
Gravity assistrelated to External linksMathPages0.60section

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