Definition of "flyby" []

• A flight passing close to a specified target or position, especially a maneuver in which a spacecraft or satellite passes sufficiently close to a body to make detailed observations without orbiting or landing. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Satellite to be junked because lunar flyby is patented"
• "It uses the former Deep Impact flyby, which is so far from anything else that sat-to-sat links would be e. x.t.r.e.m.e.l.y slow or impossible, given the low RF gain and power available."
• "However, as Emily Lakdawalla pointed on in the Planetary Blog, the most important purpose of this flyby was the last gravity assist that will allow MESSENGER to enter orbit in 2011, and to that end, the flyby was a complete success."