10 example sentences using orbit.
Orbit used in a sentence
Orbit in a sentence as a noun
Yes, we need to put some rockets into orbit.
We must get to orbit eventually, and we will.
Take any given solar cell, is it better to have it on Earth, or is it better to have it on orbit?
I just hope he somehow integrates in SpaceX ... maybe solar microwave power from orbit?
What's more, Dust mercs can request live orbital strikes from EVE pilots who are above the planet -- this was demonstrated in March this year and blew the crowd's minds.
Orbit in a sentence as a verb
Soon they will be the only commercial company capable of sending astronauts into orbit.
If they can reach a 1000-fold reduction in cost to low-earth orbit, a lot of scientific research, exploration, and commercialization can take place.
If you get raw materials back to Earth orbit, depending on the application, you may then need to get them back to Earth, which granted is significantly easier than escaping Earth's gravity; and6.
This rocket alone represents a dramatic disruption of the entire orbital launch industry, offering to make launch of both humans and cargo cheaper than it's ever been by an incredibly wide margin.
But it's like, super obviously, not going to work because, ya know, if you have solar panels - first of all, it has to be better than having solar panels on Earth, so then you say, okay, solar panel is on-orbit, you get twice the solar energy - assuming that it is out of Earth's shadow - but you've gotta do a double conversion.
Orbit definitions
the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another; "he plotted the orbit of the moon"
a particular environment or walk of life; "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit"
an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"; "a piano has a greater range than the human voice"; "the ambit of municipal legislation"; "within the compass of this article"; "within the scope of an investigation"; "outside the reach of the law"; "in the political orbit of a world power"
the path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom
the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball
move in an orbit; "The moon orbits around the Earth"; "The planets are orbiting the sun"; "electrons orbit the nucleus"
See also: revolve