orbiter
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Looking up from the ground floor gives you a true sense of the scale of the behemoth orbiter, boosters and tank, which shoot up like skyscrapers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
Two senators earmarked $85 million for the move to Houston—but safely shipping an 86-ton shuttle orbiter cross-country could prove a herculean feat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
Neither Uranus nor Neptune has ever hosted an orbiter or long-term mission, making them the only planets in the solar system that have not been closely examined over time.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 3, 2026
“The Mars rover and orbiter data is fully available to the public,” Valentinas said.
From Salon ● Mar. 1, 2025
But not all of Mars can be viewed by Earth-based radar—only a swath between about 25° N and about 25° S. The Viking orbiter carried no radar system of its own to map the surface.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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