orbiting

Example Sentences

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

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

The raids also affected small businesses orbiting around quinceañeras: makers of embossed invitations, sellers of tiaras and crowns, choreographers, caterers, florists and more.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

The institute said the team identified nearly 74 million narrowband signals, but ultimately traced them back to technology on the Earth’s surface or orbiting satellites.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

That changed in 2020, when SpaceX became the first private space company to take humans to the orbiting lab, restoring the ability for the US to make the journey independently.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

Greek theorists called the orbiting motions they observed in the night sky ‘the music of the spheres’.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall