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orbiter

[ awr-bi-ter ]

noun

U.S. Aerospace.
  1. Also called space shuttle orbiter. the crew- and payload-carrying component of the space shuttle.
  2. a space probe designed to orbit a planetary body or moon.


orbiter

/ ˈɔːɪə /

noun

  1. a spacecraft or satellite designed to orbit a planet or other body without landing on it Compare lander
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of orbiter1

An Americanism dating back to 1950–55; orbit + -er 1
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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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