orbital
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It plans to have another three satellites ready to be shipped out in some 30 days and to carry out an orbital launch “every one or two months” on average in 2026.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 20, 2026
“We expect to fully utilize New Glenn fairing capacity as we progress through our orbital launch plans,” AST SpaceMobile CEO Abel Avellan said during an earnings call last month.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 20, 2026
During the flight, New Glenn’s third ever, the vehicle’s huge booster returned safely to Earth, a feat only Blue Origin and Elon Musk’s SpaceX have achieved with orbital rockets.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026
This produced a flow of orbital angular momentum, which the team named the orbital Seebeck effect, drawing inspiration from the spin Seebeck effect that influences electron spin.
From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2026
We certainly would not have certified a Viking landing site as safe if orbital photographs had shown such shifting patterns.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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