Round-Trip Light Time
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
the elapsed time it takes for a signal to travel from Earth to a spacecraft (or other body) and back to the starting point
MWE
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- plural
- Round-Trip Light Times
- possessive
- Round-Trip Light Time's
- pluralpossessive
- Round-Trip Light Times'