5 sentences with “orbital”

For an aircraft to enter low Earth orbit, it needs to reach orbital velocity, mach 25, i.e. 25 times the speed of sound.

The multinational company Boeing is planning a module to be transferred to space in an orbital station; this hydroponic farm will satisfy the nutritional needs of the astronauts.

The complete freedom of this orbital vehicle gives the astronaut a new flexibility to explore and utilise the opportunities that space has to offer, with the ability to record whatever is strange or, at the very least, unusual.

But why so much volcanic activity on Jupiter's satellite? It is thought to be because the satellite's orbital position is so close to Jupiter: just 421,800 kilometres, only 40,225 kilometres more than the distance from the Earth to the Moon.

So why are there no volcanoes on the Moon like Jupiter's satellite lo? Because Io's orbital position is elliptical, which causes the distance from Jupiter to vary. This variation causes the satellite to bend. The bending causes friction. Friction creates heat. As a result of this initial bending and the process that follows, the temperature of the satellite increases. In addition, scientists have discovered that neighbouring satellites slowly change their orbit, which also causes the interior of the satellite to heat up.