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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DARPA Wants to Build Structures in Orbit, Without Needing a Launch from Earth

Study Reveals How Earth's Orbit Triggers Ice Ages, And There's One in The Next 11,000 Years

The 1st Australian rocket to launch from Australian soil could reach orbit next month

Something Shook Titan’s Orbit, and Scientists Are Racing to Solve the Mystery

Science in Orbit: Results Published on Space Station Research in 2024

US Space Force reveals 1st look at secretive X-37B space plane in orbit (photo)

First In-orbit Photo Taken By Secretive Boeing X-37B Spacecraft Officially Released

Blue Ghost Lowers Orbit and Snaps Rare Views of the Moon’s Far Side

Blue Ghost moon lander lowers its orbit to fly closer to the lunar surface (video)

SpaceX rocket launches 21 Starlink satellites into orbit, then lands at sea (video)

Japan's Resilience moon lander spots Point Nemo, Earth's remote spacecraft graveyard, from orbit (photo)

SpaceX Falcon 9 launches next-gen SpainSat NG-1 satellite into orbit (video)

Astronauts Gear Up for Daring Spacewalk and Cultivate Crops in Orbit

Space Shipyards Could Build Missions in Orbit

Blue Ghost moon lander sees Earth as a 'blue marble' from orbit (photo)

Chinese commercial Ceres-1 rocket launches 5 weather satellites to orbit (video)

A Tether Covered in Solar Panels Could Boost the ISS’s Orbit

New Glenn Reaches Orbit, but Doesn't Recover the Booster

Sunita Williams steps out for spacewalk after seven months in orbit

Blue Origin Launches Giant New Glenn Rocket, Hits Orbit on First Attempt