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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Rocket Lab launches Japanese radar satellite to orbit on 'Owl Around the World' mission (video)

Powerful Ariane 6 rocket launches European weather satellite to orbit (video)

A space telescope was falling from orbit. Its rescue mission fell apart too

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

NASA abandons orbit-boosting rescue mission for space observatory

On this day in space! Aug. 19, 1997: 1st Filipino satellite launches into orbit

Robots Could Build Massive Metamaterial Radars in Orbit

On this day in space! Aug. 11, 1960: 1st object successfully recovered from orbit

SpaceX wants to put 1 million AI satellites in orbit. What would that do to Earth's climate?

Japanese H3 rocket launches 10,800-pound navigation satellite to high Earth orbit (video)

Rescue mission to save NASA’s Swift space telescope is imperiled in orbit

After 241 days in orbit this NASA astronaut is finally home

Mercury May Reach Orbit Through Regulatory Blindspot

Four astronauts, 3 spacecraft, 2 weeks in orbit: Artemis III will be NASA's most complicated mission ever

Skyroot Aerospace reaches orbit on first Vikram-1 launch

ULA’s last six Atlas Vs can’t launch anything besides Boeing’s Starliner | Amazon says it has enough satellites in orbit to begin initial broadband service at mid-latitudes later this year.

British Space Startup Launches Longevity Lab Into Orbit

The growing number of satellites in orbit could soon make telescopes obsolete. 'For astronomy, this would obviously be catastrophic'

SpaceX launches 15,000-pound SiriusXM satellite to orbit from Florida (video)

Webb telescope spots a giant planet that heats up by 1,100 degrees during each orbit