orbit
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The satellite-to-mobile connectivity company needs to launch dozens of satellites to orbit to begin providing commercial services.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026
One area of focus will be "hot Jupiters," giant planets roughly the size of Jupiter that orbit extremely close to their stars.
From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026
He is now seeking to go public in large part on a sales pitch that SpaceX can build out artificial-intelligence data centers in orbit.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
SpaceX, which competes with OpenAI and Anthropic following its xAI merger, plans to deploy data centers in orbit.
From Barron's • May 30, 2026
The Mir Space Station wasn’t the first or only space station to orbit Earth, but it was the longest-lasting one, withstanding 15 years and 86,000 orbits.
From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson
Vocabulary lists containing orbit
Over The Moon: Planetary Vocabulary
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The Launch of Sputnik 1
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