orbit
Example Sentences
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After reaching orbit, Orion will rendezvous and dock with the Blue Origin test lander.
From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026
Mark, did “Disclosure Day” manage to pull you back into Spielberg’s orbit this time?
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
Scheduled for 2027, Artemis III will carry out a series of complex tests in Earth orbit that are considered critical for Artemis IV, the first planned crewed mission to the Moon's South Pole in 2028.
From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026
Outsiders would sometimes stumble across the Rocket Lab community and be swept up in its orbit.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
Dad is great, but he’s an inventor and he’d probably tune out while he sketched gigantic catapults and estimated the tensile strength required for a bungee cord to send a one-man glider into orbit.
From "Lawn Boy Returns" by Gary Paulsen
Vocabulary lists containing orbit
Over The Moon: Planetary Vocabulary
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Eclipse Vocabulary
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The Launch of Sputnik 1
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