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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