the velocity required by a spacecraft, satellite, etc, to enter and maintain a given orbit
Examples of 'orbital velocity' in a sentence
orbital velocity
Acceleration time of the solar matter to the second orbital velocity was estimated.
L. S. Bozbiei, A. O. Kostikov, V. I. Tkachenko 2015, 'DESTRUCTION OF BERNARD CELLS UNDER LOCAL IRREGULARITIES OF THERMAL EQUILIBRIUM ANDTHEIR FORMING OVER THE BERNARD CELLS', East European Journal of Physicshttps://periodicals.karazin.ua/eejp/article/view/4007. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The interaction of surface currents with the wave orbital velocity field results in the generation of spilling breaking waves.
Nityanand Sinha, Roozbeh Golshan 2018, 'Material Transport under a Wave Train in Interaction with Constant Wind: A EulerianRANS Approach Combined with a Lagrangian Particle Dispersion Model', Fluidshttp://www.mdpi.com/2311-5521/3/2/40. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)