orbit
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SpaceX and Blue Origin see a big future for data centers in orbit, hoping to tap in to solar power to satisfy the facilities’ immense power needs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
Chief rival SpaceX, which owns satellite-internet company Starlink, has more than 10,000 satellites in orbit.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026
Canada’s MDA has a $1.1 billion contract with Globalstar as its prime contractor on the low Earth orbit constellation, which Globalstar operates and Apple uses for its own satellite connection.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
Federal guidance mandates deploying nuclear reactors in orbit by 2028 and on the Moon by 2030 through private partnerships.
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
By lassoing himself to these girls, he might pull them down from the sky and out of their perfect elliptical orbit, throwing everything off-balance.
From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway
Vocabulary lists containing orbit
Over The Moon: Planetary Vocabulary
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The Launch of Sputnik 1
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