d orbit

基本解釋

If a space agency were controlling the mission from Earth they'd observe that each full orbit took 16 minutes.
如果宇航侷要控制來自地球的信號，他們可能需要16分鍾去觀察每條軌道。
The crew's time would be slowed down by half. For every 16-minute orbit, they'd only experience eight minutes of time.
太空船的時(shí)間將滯後一半，16分鍾的軌道，他們僅需要8分鍾。
But Aquarius/SAC-D steered clear of that problem, and the payload fairing protecting the spacecraft separated and fell away as planned, allowing the craft to enter orbit.
水瓶/SAC-D避開了這個(gè)故障，負(fù)載整流罩保護(hù)著衛(wèi)星與推進(jìn)器分離，保証衛(wèi)星進(jìn)入軌道。

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