orbiter

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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

October’s supermoon will be slightly closer than September, or the most super of the supermoons, said Noah Petro, a lunar reconnaissance orbiter project scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2024

It was the Mars Odyssey orbiter only, not that satellite and the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

From New York Times • Jun. 13, 2024

On Sunday, the lander component of the mission will separate from the orbiter and attempt to land on the side of the Moon that faces permanently away from Earth.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2024

The Viking orbiter pictures improved this figure only slightly.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan