Below you will find example sentences with "earth orbit". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Earth Orbit in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: orbit
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 26
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 28 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 8 start, 10 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "earth orbit" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 28 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as a low earth orbit leo typically, achieving an earth orbit and the, low, leo and convert stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with lunar orbit, rare earth, earth day, lunar orbit and geostationary orbit, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with earth orbit
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An illustration of objects and space debris in Earth orbit. (10 words)
High Earth orbit is any orbit higher than 35,786 km. (11 words)
In Earth orbit, the Van Allen belts make living above the Earth's atmosphere difficult. (15 words)
If a photon rocket begins its journey in low earth orbit, then one year of thrusting may be required to achieve an earth escape velocity of 11.2 km/s if the vehicle is already in orbit at a velocity of 9,100 m/s. (45 words)
An orbital transfer vehicle (OTV)—essentially a "space tug"—powered by a single VF-200 engine would be capable of transporting about 7 metric tons of cargo from low Earth orbit (LEO) to low Lunar orbit (LLO) with about a six-month transit time. (44 words)
Low Earth Orbiting (LEO) satellites main Low Earth orbit in Cyan A low Earth orbit (LEO) typically is a circular orbit about convert above the earth's surface and, correspondingly, a period (time to revolve around the earth) of about 90 minutes. (42 words)
Example sentences (20)
Low Earth Orbiting (LEO) satellites main Low Earth orbit in Cyan A low Earth orbit (LEO) typically is a circular orbit about convert above the earth's surface and, correspondingly, a period (time to revolve around the earth) of about 90 minutes.
Higher orbits include medium Earth orbit (MEO), sometimes called intermediate circular orbit (ICO), and further above, geostationary orbit (GEO).
Altitude classifications * Low Earth orbit (LEO): Geocentric orbits ranging in altitude from -0.428 km - convert * Medium Earth orbit (MEO): Geocentric orbits ranging in altitude from convert - convert.
If a photon rocket begins its journey in low earth orbit, then one year of thrusting may be required to achieve an earth escape velocity of 11.2 km/s if the vehicle is already in orbit at a velocity of 9,100 m/s.
Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) A MEO is a satellite in orbit somewhere between convert above the earth’s surface.
The United States is developing commercial crew transportation to facilitate domestic access to ISS and low Earth orbit, as well as the Orion vehicle for beyond-low Earth orbit applications.
Of the 58 missions expected to be procured under Lane 2, seven — five GPS satellite launches to medium Earth orbit and two direct-to-geostationary orbit launches — will be set aside for a third provider, Space Force officials said.
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.
Yet since 2004, US policy has been, in one form or another, to send human explorers beyond low-earth orbit and out—to orbit or land on the moon, to visit an asteroid, or to venture to Mars.
An orbital transfer vehicle (OTV)—essentially a "space tug"—powered by a single VF-200 engine would be capable of transporting about 7 metric tons of cargo from low Earth orbit (LEO) to low Lunar orbit (LLO) with about a six-month transit time.
Apollo 8 was the first manned spacecraft to orbit another celestial body, while the final Apollo 17 mission marked the sixth Moon landing and the ninth manned mission beyond low Earth orbit.
For ten days, the astronauts put both Apollo spacecraft through their paces in Earth orbit, including an undocking and redocking of the lunar lander with the command vehicle, just as the landing mission crew would perform in lunar orbit.
High Earth orbit is any orbit higher than 35,786 km.
It was intended to go into Mars orbit and return images and data, but a launch vehicle failure prevented Mariner 8 from even achieving an Earth orbit and the spacecraft reentered into the Atlantic Ocean shortly after launch.
Most artificial satellites operate in this region called low Earth orbit and must fire their engines every few days to maintain orbit.
Unlike satellites kept in low Earth orbit, these satellites are not intended to return to Earth at the end of their life.
In 2010, the commercial space company SpaceX launched a wheel of cheese into low earth orbit and returned it safely to the earth.
In Earth orbit, the Van Allen belts make living above the Earth's atmosphere difficult.
The upper limit for manned return to Earth from Low Earth Orbit (LEO) or lunar return is 10 Gs.
An illustration of objects and space debris in Earth orbit.