Ground track
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title:
Ground track
text:
A ground track or ground trace is the path on the surface of a planet directly below an aircraft's or satellite's trajectory. In the case of satellites, it is also known as a suborbital track or subsatellite track, and is the vertical projection of the satellite's orbit onto the surface of the Earth. A satellite ground track may be thought of as a path along the Earth's surface that traces the movement of an imaginary line between the satellite and the center of the Earth. In other words, the gr
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description:
Path on the surface of the Earth or another body directly below an aircraft or satellite
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_track
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2024-04-15T16:04:25Z
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