orbit
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On the eve of the Civil War, the Columbian Register lamented the growing likelihood of “the stars of our political firmament” being “torn from their orbits, and plunging madly about, or tilting one the other.”
Quantum satellites are best known for sending entangled particles of light from orbit down to ground stations, a method used to create extremely secure communication links.
From Science Daily
Instead, they uncovered something unexpected: a companion star moving on a highly elongated orbit.
From Science Daily
The two satellites were set to be placed in orbit nearly four hours after lift-off.
From Barron's
Putting data centers into Earth orbit powered by a large solar cell array would give the chips 24-hour access to the sun’s energy if the satellite is in what is called sun-synchronous orbit.
From Los Angeles Times
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