orbiting

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Hainaut called for the number of orbiting satellites to be limited to 100,000 -- and that they be made dim enough to be invisible to the naked eye.

From Barron's • Jul. 1, 2026

“There’s just so much more you can do from space,” said John Gedmark, chief executive of Astranis, a maker of smaller satellites orbiting more than 22,000 miles from Earth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 15, 2026

Many Kuiper Belt objects – also referred to as trans-Neptunian objects – have been discovered orbiting the Sun, but like Uranus they don’t do so in a continuous expected direction.

From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026

Right now, the company has just a handful of satellites orbiting the Earth.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

A few drifted over, lazily orbiting the jar.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull