orbiter
noun
or·bit·er
ˈȯr-bə-tər 
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The most flight-ready aircraft of the two had its orbiter attachments removed, needs new engines, and would have to be recertified to return to flight.
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Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 16 Apr. 2025
The Viking orbiters first captured images of dust devils in the 1970s.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
The Athena moon lander, with its four legs in place, atop a satellite carrier with a commercial asteroid probe and NASA lunar orbiter attached.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2025
The blue circles represent solar flares captured by the orbiter’s Spectrometer/Telescope for Imaging X-rays instrument.
—Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
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Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 16 Apr. 2025
The Viking orbiters first captured images of dust devils in the 1970s.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
The Athena moon lander, with its four legs in place, atop a satellite carrier with a commercial asteroid probe and NASA lunar orbiter attached.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2025
The blue circles represent solar flares captured by the orbiter’s Spectrometer/Telescope for Imaging X-rays instrument.
—Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
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“Orbiter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/orbiter. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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orbiter
noun
or·bit·er
ˈȯr-bət-ər
1
: one that orbits
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