orbital

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And the reason it has to be sub-orbital is, there is not solutions for adequate safety to fly the public to orbit.

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  1. adjective Of or relating to an orbit.
  2. noun The wave function of an electron in an atom or molecule, indicating the electron's probable location.

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  • And the reason it has to be sub-orbital is, there is not solutions for adequate safety to fly the public to orbit. —  Burt Rutan sees the future of space
  • In the story, I called the orbital honeymoon hotel Exodus. —  Asimov'sSF,April-May2007
  • Stern has been involved as a researcher in 24 suborbital, orbital, and planetary space missions, including 8 for which he was the mission principle investigator. —  Aero-News Network
  • I followed up that posting with one about other Earth co-orbital asteroids. —  Astroprof's Page
  • In this paper, we theoretically answer the questions by molecular mechanics and ab initio fragment molecular orbital (FMO) calculations. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
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  1. = French orbital = Spanish orbital = If. orbitale; as orbit + -al.
 

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