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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Double delivery: SpaceX sends Starlink satellites into orbit on launches from California and Florida

Vulcan Centaur reaches orbit after booster anomaly

Europe's most powerful rocket launches for 1st time, carrying 32 Amazon internet satellites to orbit (video)

SpaceX plans million-satellite constellation for AI data centers in orbit

Elon Musk's SpaceX applies to launch 1m satellites into orbit

Russian 'inspector' satellite appears to break apart in orbit, raising debris concerns

Space station crew credits ultrasound machine for handling in-orbit health crisis

SpaceX launches 25 Starlink satellites into orbit from California (video)

SpaceX launches 29 Starlink satellites into orbit from Florida (video)

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How Earth's orbit might help us find oil reserves within the planet

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'Putting the servers in orbit is a stupid idea': Could data centers in space help avoid an AI energy crisis? Experts are torn. Google’s proposal to explore space-based AI infrastructure raises fundamental questions about energy, physics and feasibility – and whether Earth has run out of options

On-orbit validation of the OpenHarmony real-time operating system based on the Dalian-1 Lianli satellite - EurekAlert!

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

All you need to know about the International Space Station's 25 years in orbit

Indian rocket launches record-breaking BlueBird 6 smartphone satellite to orbit (video)

Doomed SpaceX Starlink satellite photographed from orbit