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orbiter
[ awr-bi-ter ]
noun
U.S. Aerospace.
- Also called space shuttle orbiter. the crew- and payload-carrying component of the space shuttle.
- a space probe designed to orbit a planetary body or moon.
orbiter
/ ˈɔːɪə /
noun
- a spacecraft or satellite designed to orbit a planet or other body without landing on it Compare lander
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“The Mars rover and orbiter data is fully available to the public,” Valentinas said.
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October’s supermoon will be slightly closer than September’s, according to Noah Petro, a lunar reconnaissance orbiter project scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.
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Using information from a scientist, an earlier version of this spacecraft misstated which orbiters around Mars were affected by a solar storm.
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On Sunday, the lander component of the mission will separate from the orbiter and attempt to land on the side of the Moon that faces permanently away from Earth.
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As a follow-on to KPLO, there could be another lunar orbiter.
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