trajectory
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“With this new information, it could change our trajectory and our strategy to this event,” McGovern said Sunday morning.
From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026
While it did not fly into exactly the correct orbit, Huot said it was travelling along a trajectory that was "within bounds".
From BBC • May 23, 2026
The test mission is meant to last approximately 65 minutes after liftoff, as the upper stage cruises on a suborbital trajectory and eventually splashes down in the Indian Ocean, if all goes to plan.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
Like previous tests, the company plans to launch the Starship spacecraft on an easterly trajectory during a roughly hourlong flight.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
One day in early 2009, almost a year to the day since I’d committed myself to fencing, something happened that would completely change the trajectory of my career.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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