go into orbit
Example Sentences
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Our mission, named “Prometheus,” would go into orbit around Jupiter and fly by Io a few times to scope out the active volcanoes and their plumes.
From Slate • Sep. 27, 2023
When the rocket got high enough, Glenn in the Mercury capsule – the cap – would separate from the rocket and go into orbit around the Earth.
From Salon • Jul. 26, 2023
Then in perhaps the most impressive feat of all, Juice will attempt to go into orbit around Ganymede: No spacecraft has ever orbited a moon other than our own.
From Washington Times • Apr. 14, 2023
Dennis Tito is 82 years old, which could make him the oldest person to go into orbit and into deep space.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 17, 2022
I don’t tell Grammy because she would go into orbit.
From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
