orbital
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"I wouldn't call it nominal orbital insertion," Huot said.
From BBC • May 23, 2026
SpaceX is the space behemoth, accounting for more than half of the world’s orbital launches, and it is planning to raise a record amount of capital in a June IPO.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
"I wouldn't call it nominal orbital insertion," company spokesperson Dan Huot said, adding however that it was "within bounds" of a previously analyzed trajectory.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
It already handles more than half of the world’s orbital launches with its Falcon 9 rocket.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
The pace of progress has continued to be brisk: manned orbital flight; humans orbiting, then landing on the moon; and unmanned spacecraft outward bound throughout the solar system.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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