- present participle of orbit.
orbiting
Example Sentences
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Four new crew members for the ISS docked at the orbiting laboratory last week and will stay for approximately six months.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
As that center shifts, scientists can detect minute changes in the distances between orbiting satellites and tracking stations on the ground.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026
The job of the orbiting receivers now was to determine in a split second which of Aurich’s variations would work in that particular scenario.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink declared this week that the United States has weapons orbiting in outer space.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Not far outside the Galaxy there are almost certainly planets, orbiting stars in the Magellanic Clouds and in the globular clusters that surround the Milky Way.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
