orbit
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The merger of SpaceX and xAi will finance Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence ambitions, including a futuristic plan to blast a million satellite data centers into orbit.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
Starship, which had a fiery end to its latest test, is expected to send its first payload to orbit in the second half of 2026, according to SpaceX’s timeline.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
If successful, the technology could help small satellites venture far beyond Earth orbit.
From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026
But in February, Nasa changed that plan and said the mission would fly only in low Earth orbit, barely deeper in space than the International Space Station, and dock with prototype lunar landers.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
On February 20, 1962, astronaut John Glenn walked out to the Friendship 7 rocket we hoped would place the first American in orbit.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
Vocabulary lists containing orbit
Over The Moon: Planetary Vocabulary
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The Launch of Sputnik 1
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