orbital

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In a statement, Space Capital described orbital data centers becoming viewed as a credible idea the “most significant structural shift of the quarter.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

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

By Rutherford’s reckoning, therefore, the helium atom had two orbital electrons and a nucleus comprising four protons and two electrons; radium had 138 electrons and a nucleus of 226 protons and 88 electrons.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik