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    A geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) or geosynchronous transfer orbit is a type of geocentric orbit. Satellites that are destined for geosynchronous (GSO)...
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  • Thumbnail for Soyuz 7K-L1
    The Soyuz 7K-L1 "Zond" spacecraft was designed to launch cosmonauts from the Earth to circle the Moon without going into lunar orbit in the context of...
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    The Transfer Orbit Stage (TOS) was an upper stage developed by Martin Marietta for Orbital Sciences Corporation during the late 1980s and early 1990s....
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  • Thumbnail for June Gordon, Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair
    Beatrice Mary June Gordon, Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair, CBE, GCStJ, DL, FRSE, FRCM, FRSAMD (née Boissier; 29 December 1913 – 22 June 2009), commonly...
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