Sentence examples for enter orbit from inspiring English sources

The exact number fluctuates as some pieces burn up in orbital reentry and as new pieces enter orbit.

In 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man to enter orbit.

The spacecraft are expected to enter orbit around Mercury in late 2025.

The craft is scheduled to enter orbit on June 30, after it dashes through a gap in Saturn's rings.

As with a celestial body struggling to enter orbit, the effort to gain momentum may prove catastrophically insurmountable.

But first it had to enter orbit, a goal that had eluded several missions in the past two decades.

Dawn entered orbit around Vesta on July 15 , 2011

Odyssey entered orbit around Mars on Oct. 23.

The NASA spacecraft Messenger entered orbit around Mercury on March 17.

It made two additional flybys but never entered orbit.

Another backup will arrive in 2016, when the ESA's ExoMars craft enters orbit in October.