Orbit

In celestial mechanics, an orbit is the curved trajectory of an object such as the trajectory of a planet around a star, or of a natural satellite around a planet, or of an artificial satellite around an object or position in space such as a planet, moon, asteroid, or Lagrange point.

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Google’s proposed data center in orbit will face issues with space debris in an already crowded orbit

China's 1st reusable rocket explodes in dramatic fireball during landing after reaching orbit on debut flight

Europe's Vega C rocket launches advanced Korean Earth-observation satellite to orbit (video)

This space suit designed by a French sportswear brand will be tested in orbit next year

This Bizarre Exoplanet’s Orbit Is Wildly Tilted and Astronomers Don’t Know Why

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket streaks into Florida's night sky carrying Starlink satellites to orbit (video)

A Collision With Space Debris Leaves 3 Chinese Astronauts Stranded in Orbit

Alarm Grows over Proposed Giant Mirrors in Orbit and Other Commercial Space Plans

Sentinel-1D reaches orbit on Ariane 6

ULA scrubs Atlas V rocket launch for 2nd day in a row

Rocket Lab launches private Earth-observing radar satellite to orbit (video)

India launches a huge military communications satellite to orbit using its most powerful rocket (video)

The International Space Station marks 25 years of nonstop human presence in orbit

In Orbit You Have to Slow Down to Speed Up

Powerful NVIDIA chip launching to orbit next month to pave way for space-based data centers

The other space race: why the world is obsessed with sending objects into orbit

SpaceX launches Starlink satellites to orbit on Falcon 9 rocket's record-breaking 31st flight (video)

SpaceX lofts 10,000th Starlink satellite to orbit on record-tying 132nd Falcon 9 launch of the year (video)

EXCLUSIVE: Roskosmos has made the decision to put its post-ISS space station into the same orbit and abandoned plans to service it with a new-generation spacecraft, resorting instead to the veteran Soyuz spacecraft based in Baikonur, in order to save cash.

Enceladus Isn't Throwing As Much Ice Into Orbit As We Thought