Sentence examples for Achieve orbit from inspiring English sources
"Initial indications are that the missile deployed an object that appeared to achieve orbit," Norad said.
In the first launch in 1965 the OSO failed to achieve orbit.
The timing of the second-stage firing had to be exact if the satellite was to achieve orbit.
After watching Endeavour achieve orbit, Giffords is reported to have turned to her aides and declared: "Good stuff!
American and Canadian defence officials, working together, cautiously confirmed that "the missile deployed an object that appeared to achieve orbit".
Outer planet exploration missions require significant propulsive capability, particularly to achieve orbit insertion.
It achieved orbit two weeks before the first USSR orbiter, Mars 2, reached its destination.
When its first module achieved orbit in 1986, Mir was the pride of the Soviet Union.
A Japanese spacecraft has achieved orbit around Venus, only five years late and on its second attempt.
A minute later, dust, loose change, and a couple of ballpoint pens floated up from behind our seats, signalling, Hey! We'd achieved orbit!
The ESA's Mars Express, which achieved orbit in 2003, has imaged 95% of the surface of the planet and taken various measurements, hugely expanding our knowledge.
