go into orbit
Example Sentences
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Applied supplies components for aircraft that don’t go into orbit, including drones, as well as parts for solid-rocket motors that power missiles.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
Our mission, named “Prometheus,” would go into orbit around Jupiter and fly by Io a few times to scope out the active volcanoes and their plumes.
From Slate • Sep. 27, 2023
The North’s space agency said Thursday its reconnaissance satellite, Malligyong-1, failed for a second time to go into orbit, blaming an error in its third-stage flight.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 25, 2023
When the rocket got high enough, Glenn in the Mercury capsule – the cap – would separate from the rocket and go into orbit around the Earth.
From Salon • Jul. 26, 2023
I don’t tell Grammy because she would go into orbit.
From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
