round-trip light time

Definitions of round-trip light time
  1. noun
    the elapsed time it takes for a signal to travel from Earth to a spacecraft (or other body) and back to the starting point
    synonyms: RTLT
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    type of:
    elapsed time
    the time that elapses while some event is occurring
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