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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One Orbit, One Everest Lost: A Planet Evaporates Into a 9-Million-Kilometer Tail

Dazzling Pictures Celebrate Hubble Space Telescope's 35 Years in Orbit

South Korea sends 4th spy satellite to orbit on SpaceX rideshare launch

Eye on Infinity: NASA Celebrates Hubble’s 35th Year in Orbit

ELVIS in orbit: New 3D microscope arrives at the ISS to study microbes in space

Astronomers discover doomed planet shedding a Mount Everest's worth of material every orbit, leaving behind a comet-like tail

SpaceX Just Launched Robots, Atomic Clocks, and Mars Tech Into Orbit

ELVIS Leaves Earth: 3D Holograms in Orbit Could Reveal Life on Icy Moons

The world’s biggest space-based radar will measure Earth’s forests from orbit

ELVIS to enter orbit: Pioneering imaging system to enhance space biology and life detection beyond Earth

Over 6,600 tons of space junk are floating around in Earth's orbit

BBC - The plans to put data centres in orbit and on the moon

Russian Satellite Trio Just Dropped Something Weird in Orbit

China’s megaconstellation launches could litter orbit for more than a century, analysts warn

4 space tourists splash down after traveling an orbit never attempted before

Secretive Russian Military Satellites Release Mystery Object into Orbit

Secretive Russian military satellites release mystery object into orbit

Technologies to mitigate space debris and improve in-orbit satellite services - EurekAlert!

Fermenting miso in orbit reveals how space can affect a food’s taste

Space Force to test satellite refueling technologies in orbit

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