orbital

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Given that Starship has not yet completed a successful orbital flight and Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket has managed just two launches, this target looks, as Barber puts it, "a very steep ask".

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

It first tested shooting down a satellite in 2007, and has since invested in anti-satellite missile systems and an orbital defense system to deter attacks from orbit, along with enhanced space surveillance technologies.

From Salon • Apr. 9, 2026

"With the date we launched at, the orbital mechanics were such that... on the end of the lunar flyby, the crew witnessed an eclipse," Gibbons said.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

Analysts say SpaceX’s orbital data center and chip-making plans could easily cost trillions of dollars to pull off.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

Ironically, though, while Newton was distracted from following up his ideas about gravity, in 1674 Hooke had struck to the heart of the problem of orbital motion.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin