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Radial velocity is the projection of an object’s velocity vector onto the observer’s line of sight, and is considered positive when the object is moving away from it and negative when it is approaching.
Radial velocity is the projection of an object’s velocity vector onto the observer’s line of sight, and is considered positive when the object is moving away from it and negative when it is approaching.
Lewis Carroll writes about military space programmes, policy, technology and the industry that supports the sector. He spent nearly two decades covering the military, the Pentagon, Congress and the defence industry as a journalist for Space Chatter magazine.