Sentence examples for orbit above from inspiring English sources

After completing his second orbit above the Statue of Liberty, Mr. Riethof began a third.

By Daniel Wenger December 9, 2016 John Glenn boards Friendship 7, the spacecraft that took him into orbit above Earth.

Launched in mid-February, it is shipping a torrent of data our way from its orbit above the Sun.

His interest began in 1986, when he explored putting satellites in orbit above the Indian and western Pacific oceans to serve Asia.

Building one would mean lowering a cable from a satellite in a geosynchronous orbit above the Earth's equator while deploying a counterbalancing cable out into space.

The space agency wanted to make sure its long-awaited and astronomically expensive telescope — soon to be launched into orbit above the turbulent fog of the atmosphere — made an appropriately cosmic splash.

Embedded in this narrative is the image of the stranded cosmonaut silently orbiting above, as politicians debate just who should bring him back down now that the Soviet Union no longer exists.

The z-position of the particle can be determined by performing an orbit slightly above and one slightly below the center of the particle.

The interplay of orbital resonances and chaotic orbits discussed above can be investigated numerically, and this interplay may be crucial in determining the stability of the solar system.

Ronald Reagan's proposed solution was "Star Wars": armed satellites orbiting above hostile nations' launchpads.

We should ban the intentional destruction of satellites in orbits above 150 miles (and possibly below as well).