Station keeping

Station keeping was the means of using a spacecraft's propulsion system, typically maneuvering thrusters, to perform adjustments in order to maintain a constant position in orbit, more specifically geostationary orbit, relative to another object – planet, starship, space station, etc.
When performing a manual docking of the saucer with the drive section of the , one of the steps was to set thrusters to station keeping. ()
During the Federation's attempt to correct the decaying orbit of the moon over Bre'el IV in 2366, using the tractor beam aboard the Enterprise-D, the ship held at station keeping at a range of 640 meters. ()
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Category:Maneuvers