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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Solar maximum just knocked 3 satellites out of orbit. Here's why more may be on the way.

PolyU’s first in-orbit material experiment testbed completed catalyst material experiments in Low Earth Orbit - EurekAlert

China quietly tested its first inflatable space module in orbit

The Secretive Spaceplane of the U.S. Space Force Conducts First-of-Its-Kind Maneuvers | Called aerobraking, the technique allows the highly classified craft to change orbit without using propellant—and some are wondering why the agency has let us in on this news

Mysterious US military space plane begins advanced maneuvers in orbit

Chinese space station crew returns after six months in orbit

NASA is developing a Mars helicopter that could land itself from orbit

Boeing-made satellite shatters in orbit, and nobody knows why

Tumbling in Orbit: NASA’s Test of Advanced Solar Sail Technology Encounters Early Challenges

Boeing-built communications satellite breaks up in orbit. 'Total loss,' operator says

Intelsat's Boeing-made satellite explodes and breaks up in orbit

Crew-8 Astronauts Prepare for Dramatic Splashdown After 7 Months in Orbit

China’s ‘Thousand Sails’ Joins Starlink as the Latest Mega-Satellite Constellation in Orbit

These 'failed stars' orbit so closely it took 29 years to tell they were a pair

Mysterious Space Plane X-37B to Try 'First of a Kind' Maneuvers in Orbit

Space Force’s X-37B will Perform “Never Before-Seen Maneuvers” in Orbit

Space Force's mysterious X-37B space plane to attempt new 'aerobraking' maneuvers in orbit

Chinese astronauts zoom in on their nation's launch sites from orbit (video)

TESS Finds a Triple Star System that Could Fit within Mercury’s Orbit

Scrubbed spacewalks, Starliner stay-overs and more: NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson discusses her eventful 6 months in orbit