Orbit in a sentence

X-37B started executing a series of aerobraking maneuvers to change from a highly elliptical orbit to a lower orbit.

It is round, and it does orbit the sun, but its gravity is not so strong as to clear away all objects from its orbit.

It would dynamically grapple and then "elevate" high flying objects to orbit or low orbiting objects to higher orbit.

At the end of this second orbit they performed the 11-second LOI-2 burn of the SPS to circularize the orbit to convert.

Due to this inclination, the elliptical true orbit will project an elliptical apparent orbit onto the plane of the sky.

It was found to have a retrograde orbit, at a very high angle of inclination to the plane of Neptune's orbit.

The Orbit of Chandrayaan-2 around the moon will be circularized to 100×100 km orbit through a series of orbital maneuvers.

In Areocentric (Mars) orbit until at least 2022 when it is projected to fall out of orbit and into the Martian atmosphere.

The mission was successfully launched into the Earth’s orbit on July 22, 2019 and entered the Moon’s orbit.

Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) A MEO is a satellite in orbit somewhere between convert above the earth’s surface.

OneWeb has more than 600 satellites in orbit while SpaceX’s Starlink constellation is approaching 5,000 satellites in orbit.

The rings orbit directly above Saturn’s equator and so they too are tilted to the plane of Saturn’s orbit.

Requirements further Artificial satellites must be launched into orbit and once there they must be placed in their nominal orbit.

It will orbit Earth in expanding ellipses and, about two months later, cross into the moon’s orbit.

The satellite will be initially placed in the Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit and will subsequently be raised to geostationary orbit.

The Molniya orbit is highly inclined, guaranteeing good elevation over selected positions during the northern portion of the orbit.

Most space junk is found in two zones: low-Earth orbit, which is about 250 miles up, and geostationary orbit, about 22,300 miles up.

Orbit and rotation Titan's orbit (highlighted in red) among the other large inner moons of Saturn.

Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne rocket, after deploying from the company’s to reach orbit during the January 9 mission, dubbed Start Me Up.

Groups out to the orbit of Earth There are relatively few asteroids that orbit close to the Sun.