Orbiter Definition

ôrbĭ-tər
orbiters
noun
orbiters
One that moves in an orbit.
Webster's New World
A spacecraft or artificial satellite designed to orbit a planet or other celestial body.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Orbiter

Noun

Singular:
orbiter
Plural:
orbiters

Orbiter Sentence Examples

  • The Mars Surveyor '98 mission originally included an orbiter, lander, and rover.

  • Worse still the 1999 Mars climate orbiter ended in pieces simply through failure to spot a mix-up of metric and imperial units.

  • Click here for a virtual-reality model of the shuttle orbiter using Quicktime.

  • The movie has been created from the many images taken by the THEMIS instrument on-board the Mars Odyssey orbiter.

  • Weather frustrates shuttle again Poor weather conditions prevent the Discovery space orbiter from launching for the second day running.

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Words Starting With

OORORB

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RERTER

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