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单词 orbiter
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Definition of orbiter in English:

orbiter

noun ˈɔːbɪtəˈɔrbədər
  • A spacecraft designed to go into orbit, especially one that does not subsequently land.

    a lunar orbiter
    Compare with lander
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He later directed the development and testing of the space shuttle orbiter.
    • These missions include a variety of orbiters, landers, rovers, and sample-return missions, which will allow scientists to answer additional questions about the history and future of Mars.
    • They may involve several independent elements, such as orbiters, sub-satellites, landers, rovers, penetrators, airborne robots, planetary ascent vehicles or re-entry vehicles.
    • The discovery was made by nearly all of the Cassini orbiter's instruments acting in concert.
    • This smart software can be used on all kinds of spacecraft, including orbiters, landers and rovers.
    • But, once again, the orbiter failed to pick up a signal from the lander, ESA officials announced.
    • The orbiter spacecraft will send Beagle 2 spinning towards the planet on a precise trajectory.
    • They were extensively photographed by lunar orbiters and Apollo astronauts.
    • Cassini has begun to transmit data from the Huygens transmitters aboard the orbiter!
    • The program would start with lunar orbiters, which would be followed by landers and rovers, and eventually sample return missions.
    • The plan will also position the Cassini orbiter farther away during that descent.
    • If it performs well, similar cameras placed on orbiters of the future would be able to serve as high-precision interplanetary ‘eyes’ to guide incoming spacecraft to the planet.
    • The descent profile provides the important link between measurements made by instruments on the Huygens probe and the Cassini orbiter.
    • ‘Given the current design of the orbiter, there was no possibility for the crew to survive,’ it added.
    • It comprises a large orbiter, which is designed to operate for a decade at large distances from the Sun, and a small lander.
    • In other instances, an orbiter or a spacecraft on a flyby mission may have already taken photographs of a moon or planet.
    • It consists of two parts - the Cassini orbiter and the Huygens probe.
    • The orbiter will separate and become a satellite after the command module returns to earth.
    • The orbiter has been swooping above and below the plane of Saturn's rings to study their fine structure up close.
    • Not since 1976 had twin rovers landed on Mars, and never before had five spacecraft - three orbiters in addition to the rovers - simultaneously surveyed the Red Planet.
 
 

Definition of orbiter in US English:

orbiter

nounˈôrbədərˈɔrbədər
  • A spacecraft designed to go into orbit, especially one not intended to land.

    a lunar orbiter
    Compare with lander
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The orbiter has been swooping above and below the plane of Saturn's rings to study their fine structure up close.
    • The plan will also position the Cassini orbiter farther away during that descent.
    • In other instances, an orbiter or a spacecraft on a flyby mission may have already taken photographs of a moon or planet.
    • The descent profile provides the important link between measurements made by instruments on the Huygens probe and the Cassini orbiter.
    • This smart software can be used on all kinds of spacecraft, including orbiters, landers and rovers.
    • These missions include a variety of orbiters, landers, rovers, and sample-return missions, which will allow scientists to answer additional questions about the history and future of Mars.
    • They may involve several independent elements, such as orbiters, sub-satellites, landers, rovers, penetrators, airborne robots, planetary ascent vehicles or re-entry vehicles.
    • The discovery was made by nearly all of the Cassini orbiter's instruments acting in concert.
    • Not since 1976 had twin rovers landed on Mars, and never before had five spacecraft - three orbiters in addition to the rovers - simultaneously surveyed the Red Planet.
    • ‘Given the current design of the orbiter, there was no possibility for the crew to survive,’ it added.
    • The orbiter will separate and become a satellite after the command module returns to earth.
    • But, once again, the orbiter failed to pick up a signal from the lander, ESA officials announced.
    • The orbiter spacecraft will send Beagle 2 spinning towards the planet on a precise trajectory.
    • He later directed the development and testing of the space shuttle orbiter.
    • If it performs well, similar cameras placed on orbiters of the future would be able to serve as high-precision interplanetary ‘eyes’ to guide incoming spacecraft to the planet.
    • It comprises a large orbiter, which is designed to operate for a decade at large distances from the Sun, and a small lander.
    • It consists of two parts - the Cassini orbiter and the Huygens probe.
    • The program would start with lunar orbiters, which would be followed by landers and rovers, and eventually sample return missions.
    • Cassini has begun to transmit data from the Huygens transmitters aboard the orbiter!
    • They were extensively photographed by lunar orbiters and Apollo astronauts.
 
 
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