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orbiter::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | artificial satellite, satellite |
| Type of | equipment |
| Has types | ballistic capsule, communications satellite, meteorological satellite, weather satellite, sputnik, spy satellite, astronomy satellite, space laboratory, space platform, space station, space vehicle, spacecraft |
| Derivation | orbit |
Examples of orbiter
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The 2016 orbiter could help determine whether there are indeed methane hotspots.
From the newscientist.com
Four seconds after eight they saw a large piece leave the orbiter and fall away.
From the theatlantic.com
Falling foam or ice could strike the orbiter and endanger the seven-member crew.
From the newscientist.com
The lander would then take off again and rejoin the orbiter, to return to Earth.
From the newscientist.com
The spacecraft is the third lunar orbiter to launch in the last year and a half.
From the newscientist.com
They have been seen before, but only by rovers and landers, never by an orbiter.
From the sciencedaily.com
The decision on which instruments the orbiter will carry will be made next year.
From the sciencedaily.com
The test orbiter, Enterprise, even had a name taken from the Star Trek TV series.
From the bbc.co.uk
The orbiter then disintegrated, with the loss of all seven astronauts on board.
From the newscientist.com
- Satellite: man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon
- An orbiter is a space probe that orbits a planet.
- The Orbiter in the sense of camera technique is a camera seat with a seated cameraman, swivelling on a low working height.
- Orbiter is a graphic novel by Warren Ellis and Colleen Doran, published in 2003 by DC Comics under their Vertigo imprint.
- The Orbiter is a fairground ride invented by Richard Woolls in 1976.
- Orbiter is a freeware space flight simulator program developed to allow users to operate simulated spacecraft using a detailed and realistic flight model. ...
- The Space Shuttle orbiter is the orbital spacecraft of the Space Shuttle program operated by NASA, the space agency of the United States. The orbiter is a reusable winged "space-plane", a mixture of rockets, spacecraft, and aircraft. ...
- A spacecraft whose purpose is to orbit around an object like a planet or a satellite (moon).
- An airplane-like spacecraft that has the capability of going into space like a rocket and landing like an airplane.
