How to Use low earth orbit in a Sentence

low earth orbit

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• More broadly, adding tourists to the mix in low Earth orbit may even help make space safer.
  — Wendy Whitman Cobb, The Conversation, 22 May 2020
• But the key to that kind of breakthrough may one day be found overhead, in low Earth orbit.
  — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 5 June 2018
• The Starliner would give the U.S. more options to reach low earth orbit and the space station.
  — Doug Cameron, WSJ, 4 Aug. 2021
• In stark contrast, the ISS is in low earth orbit, at an altitude of about 254 miles.
  — Fox News, 9 June 2020
• The clock is currently in low Earth orbit and will power on in four to seven weeks.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 26 June 2019
• The nature of low Earth orbit means that even debris pieces residing above the ISS could still pose a threat.
  — Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 2 Apr. 2019
• The rocket is designed to launch payloads up to 1,500 kg in weight into low Earth orbit.
  — Jon Porter, The Verge, 11 July 2019
• America should be ready to deny any foe the use of, and access to, low Earth orbit and beyond.
  — Taylor Dinerman, WSJ, 24 June 2018
• So far, most anti-satellite tests have at aimed targets in low earth orbit, up to 1,200 miles above the planet.
  — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 15 Feb. 2018
• In the video, Foreman talked about the force needed to launch the 3.5 million pound shuttle into lower Earth orbit.
  — Dennis Hohenberger, Courant Community, 17 Apr. 2018
• The messy backstory The last time humans left low Earth orbit was 1972, when the last Apollo astronauts returned from the moon.
  — Jason Davis, NBC News, 11 June 2019
• Many of these constellations are aimed at low earth orbit.
  — Kelsey D. Atherton, Popular Science, 27 Feb. 2023
• And then, of course, there's the International Space Station, which has been flying in low earth orbit since 1998.
  — Alex Stuckey, Houston Chronicle, 19 July 2019
• No human being has traveled beyond low Earth orbit since the end of the Apollo missions.
  — Adam Kirsch, WSJ, 28 June 2019
• For about $10 million, Virgin will launch payloads weighing up to half a ton into low Earth orbit.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 4 June 2018
• About 1 hour after launch, the stack of satellites deployed into low Earth orbit at an altitude of 290km.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 31 Jan. 2020
• The spacecraft/rocket combo can lift 110 tons of cargo into low earth orbit.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 21 Oct. 2019
• The synthetic aperture radar satellite headed to low Earth orbit will be able to pierce through cloud cover to image the surface of the planet.
  — Jay Bennett, Popular Mechanics, 21 Feb. 2018
• China has demonstrated the ability to hit a satellite in low Earth orbit with a missile.
  — Christian Davenport, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2017
• The agency has teamed up with such space companies—letting them, among other things, shuttle cargo and crew to low Earth orbit.
  — Sarah Scoles, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2017
• At present, there are recommendations but few binding rules about how Earth’s low earth orbit is used.
  — Christopher Mims, WSJ, 20 Mar. 2021
• North Korea after many tries managed to put a couple of satellites into low earth orbit.
  — Bob Gathany, AL.com, 10 Dec. 2017
• One of the biggest lines of business for rockets in the 2020s is expected to be the launch of thousands of satellites to provide broadband Internet from low Earth orbit.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 10 Apr. 2020
• The Phantom Express will launch its upper stage to deploy small satellites into low Earth orbit and then land on a runway to be prepared for its next flight.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 15 June 2018
• But the highest density of objects can be found in low Earth orbit — within 1,240 miles of our planet — which is the area China targeted in its test.
  — Rick Noack, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2018
• Blue Origin plans to use the engine on its New Glenn rocket, a reusable, heavy-lift rocket to carry satellites and crew to low Earth orbit and beyond.
  — Jay Bennett, Popular Mechanics, 19 Oct. 2017
• The missile rose into low Earth orbit, about 500 miles above Earth’s surface, and appeared to close in on an aging Chinese weather satellite.
  — Garrett M. Graff, WIRED, 26 June 2018
• The goal is to create a new type of spacecraft that can launch into low Earth orbit on short-notice – days instead of months or years – and cost less than traditional space programs.
  — Rebecca Santana, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 July 2018
• In a little more than a year, Firefly hopes to send a 1,000kg payload to low Earth orbit on top of its Alpha launch vehicle powered by its Lightning engine.
  — Nathan Mattise, Ars Technica, 17 Mar. 2018
• The terminals are satellite dishes, which Starlink users need to communicate with the company’s constellation of low earth orbit satellites.
  — Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2022

Last Updated: 3 Nov 2024