Sentence examples for planned orbit from inspiring English sources

Though the duty cycle of the lightning observation time in the present orbit is > 10 times less than that in the originally planned orbit of Akatsuki, continued operation over the coming years will provide a statistically robust dataset.

The originally planned orbit is a 30 h-period elliptical orbit with the apoapsis altitude of ~ 13 Venus radii, while the current orbit is a 10.5-day-period elliptical orbit with the apoapsis altitude of 59 Venus radii.

SAGAMIHARA, JAPAN Japan's Akatsuki spacecraft failed to enter its planned orbit around Venus yesterday and is now drifting through space.

Its Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO), the first prong of a multipart ExoMars mission, appears to have been captured into its planned orbit around Mars and is working normally.

The planned orbit around Venus is a 30 hour-period elliptical orbit near the ecliptic plane with the periapsis latitude of ∼10.5°S and the apoapsis latitude of ∼10.5°N.

The planned orbit around Venus is a 30 hour-period elliptical orbit near the ecliptic plane with the periapsis latitude of ∼10.5°S and the apoapsis latitude of ∼10.5°N (Fig. 3).

Moreover, the system could be the strongest known source of continual gravitational waves--eerie ripples in space-time that a planned orbiting observatory will chase.

"Operationally, this can mean that planned orbits may be modified, as they assumed a different mass and hence gravity field," explains Taylor.

Meanwhile, the long-awaiting NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) mission, originally planned for orbit in 2006, has moved beyond final testing and is now set for an October launch.

In spite of other than planned satellite orbit and onboard systems failure about 11 telemetric files from VARIANT payload were obtained.

In all, the orbiter was able to use the satellite for 65 of the planned 89 orbits, and could make successful use of the connection on about forty.