Terms of Use
Last updated: July 2026
These Terms of Use govern your access to and use of OrbitWiki.com. By accessing or using this website, you agree to be bound by these Terms.
Educational Content
OrbitWiki.com is a free educational resource focused on orbital mechanics, astrodynamics, astronomy, space systems, computational space science, physics, mathematics, and related scientific topics.
All content is provided for general educational, informational, and entertainment purposes only. Nothing on this website constitutes professional engineering, scientific, aerospace, technical, legal, financial, or other professional advice.
While every effort is made to provide accurate and helpful information, content may contain errors, omissions, simplifications, outdated material, evolving scientific understanding, or differing interpretations. Important information should always be independently verified using reliable sources.
Calculators, Simulations & Interactive Tools
OrbitWiki.com may include calculators, simulations, visualizations, animations, orbital models, and other interactive educational tools.
These tools are simplified educational models designed to illustrate scientific concepts. They may contain assumptions, approximations, numerical limitations, or technical inaccuracies and should not be interpreted as authoritative engineering or scientific software.
Interactive tools and calculations must not be relied upon for spacecraft operations, navigation, mission planning, engineering design, scientific research, safety-critical applications, or any real-world operational decision-making.
Features may be modified, updated, or removed at any time without notice.
AI-Assisted Development
OrbitWiki.com is developed using AI-assisted tools to help research, organize, draft, prototype, generate, translate, and refine both code and educational content. AI-assisted material may contain inaccuracies, omissions, biases, outdated information, or incorrect conclusions. All published content is reviewed and refined before publication; however, no guarantee is made that all content is complete, accurate, or error-free.
Intellectual Property
Unless otherwise stated, all original content on OrbitWiki.com—including text, graphics, branding, educational organization, layouts, animations, visualizations, mathematical models, and custom code—is protected by applicable intellectual property laws and is owned by the site operator.
Content may be viewed and used for personal, non-commercial, and educational purposes only. Reproduction, redistribution, modification, republication, automated extraction, or commercial use of original content without prior written permission is prohibited, except where permitted by applicable law.
Third-party trademarks, names, logos, images, publications, and referenced materials remain the property of their respective owners.
Acceptable Use
By using this website, you agree not to:
- Use the website in violation of any applicable law or regulation;
- Attempt to interfere with, disrupt, damage, overload, or gain unauthorized access to the website or its systems;
- Scrape, crawl, harvest, or extract substantial portions of the website or its content through automated means without permission;
- Misuse calculators, simulations, visualizations, or other interactive educational features;
- Transmit malware, spam, or any malicious or harmful material through the website.
External Links
OrbitWiki.com may contain links to third-party websites, articles, books, videos, software, research papers, organizations, or other educational resources. These links are provided for convenience and do not constitute endorsement. OrbitWiki.com is not responsible for the content, accuracy, availability, security, or privacy practices of external resources.
Availability
OrbitWiki.com is provided as a free educational resource. Access to the website, or to any feature or content, may be modified, restricted, suspended, or discontinued at any time without notice. No guarantee is made that the website will always be available, uninterrupted, secure, or free from errors.
No Warranties
The website and all content are provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied. No guarantees are made regarding the accuracy, completeness, reliability, availability, educational value, or fitness of the website or its content for any particular purpose.
Limitation of Liability
Your use of OrbitWiki.com is entirely at your own risk. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the owner and operator of OrbitWiki.com shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, or other damages arising from the use of, inability to use, or reliance upon the website, its content, calculators, simulations, interactive features, or linked resources.
Privacy
Please review the Privacy Policy for information regarding privacy and data handling practices.
Changes to These Terms
These Terms of Use may be updated periodically. Any changes become effective when published on this page. Continued use of OrbitWiki.com after changes have been posted constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.
Governing Law
These Terms of Use are governed by the applicable laws of the United States, without regard to conflict of law principles.
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