Orbit station

A orbit station , in the field of the Astronautics, is a space installation in Orbite around the Ground or around a star, not having autonomous means of propulsion or having only means of propulsion reduced, and intended to ensure one or more missions determined with a certain permanence.

The term corresponding in English is orbital station .

In science fiction the orbit stations are also a topic particularly snuffed, they are often selected as places of the action (let us quote for example 2001, the odyssey of space).

Reference

Right French: decree of February 20th, 1995 relating to the terminology of sciences and space technology.

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