orbital
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SpaceX, the company owned by Elon Musk, achieved a record 165 orbital launches in 2025 and also conducted several test flights of its Starship megarocket.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
In May, the two companies were discussing a rocket-launch deal to help develop orbital data centers, The Wall Street Journal reported.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
"If the orbital speed of the binaries is less than the kick speed, the wide binaries will become gravitationally unbound," Fuller explains.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
In December 2015, SpaceX landed a reusable Falcon 9 rocket from an orbital flight for the first time, followed by Blue Origin's New Glenn in November 2025.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
A well-executed suborbital flight would buy the United States a little breathing room; but orbital flight—the end game of Project Mercury— was infinitely more complex.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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