orbit
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Starlink has about 9,600 satellites in orbit now, which is about 15 times as many as the orbital fleet of the next largest satellite service provider, according to estimates from New Street Research.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
By then, Jupiter had already gathered most of the nearby material around its orbit, creating a gap in the surrounding disk of gas and dust.
From Science Daily • May 26, 2026
Among the company’s plans is to drive down vehicle-launch costs through the use of its Starship, a massive reusable rocket that SpaceX expects to be capable of carrying a more than 100-metric-ton payload to orbit.
From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026
But if you can dig and play from your soul, this instrument just becomes a vessel of sound and orbit, bro, it’s over.
From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026
Not only was the first woman in space, but two space capsules were in orbit at the same time.
From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson
Vocabulary lists containing orbit
Over The Moon: Planetary Vocabulary
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Eclipse Vocabulary
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The Launch of Sputnik 1
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