Editing Orbital maneuver (section)

{{Short description|A movement during spaceflight}}
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{{Astrodynamics |expanded=Propulsive maneuver}}

In [[spaceflight]], an '''orbital maneuver''' (otherwise known as a '''burn''') is the use of [[spacecraft propulsion|propulsion]] systems to change the [[orbit]] of a [[spacecraft]]. 
For spacecraft far from Earth, an orbital maneuver is called a ''deep-space maneuver (DSM)''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://science.nasa.gov/learn/basics-of-space-flight/chapter13-1/ |title=Navigation |publisher=NASA}}</ref>

When a spacecraft is not conducting a maneuver, especially in a [[transfer orbit]], it is said to be  ''coasting''.