What does suborbital mean?

Definitions for suborbital
sʌbˈɔr bɪ tlsub·or·bital

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. suborbitaladjective

    having or involving a trajectory of less than one orbit

    "the first manned suborbital flight"

  2. suborbital, subocularadjective

    situated on or below the floor of the eye socket

    "a suborbital bone"

Wiktionary

  1. suborbitaladjective

    Not reaching orbit; having a trajectory that does not reach escape velocity and so must return to ground eventually.

  2. suborbitaladjective

    Below the orbit of the eye

Wikipedia

  1. suborbital

    A sub-orbital spaceflight is a spaceflight in which the spacecraft reaches outer space, but its trajectory intersects the atmosphere or surface of the gravitating body from which it was launched, so that it will not complete one orbital revolution (it does not become an artificial satellite) or reach escape velocity. For example, the path of an object launched from Earth that reaches the Kármán line (at 100 km (62 mi)) above sea level), and then falls back to Earth, is considered a sub-orbital spaceflight. Some sub-orbital flights have been undertaken to test spacecraft and launch vehicles later intended for orbital spaceflight. Other vehicles are specifically designed only for sub-orbital flight; examples include crewed vehicles, such as the X-15 and SpaceShipOne, and uncrewed ones, such as ICBMs and sounding rockets. Flights which attain sufficient velocity to go into low Earth orbit, and then de-orbit before completing their first full orbit, are not considered sub-orbital. Examples of this include Yuri Gagarin's Vostok 1, and flights of the Fractional Orbital Bombardment System. A flight that does not reach space is still sometimes called suborbital, but is not a 'suborbital spaceflight'. Usually a rocket is used, but experimental sub-orbital spaceflight has also been achieved with a space gun.

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  1. suborbital

    Suborbital refers to a trajectory, state or object that does not complete a full orbit of a planet or celestial body. It is commonly used to describe a flight path of a spacecraft which reaches space, but its trajectory intersects with the surface of the planet, causing it to fall back down without making one complete orbit.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Suborbitaladjective

    alt. of Suborbitar

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Suborbital

    sub-or′bi-tal, adj. situated below the orbit of the eye.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of suborbital in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of suborbital in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of suborbital in a Sentence

  1. Michael Lopez-Alegría:

    The Ax-1 mission is very different from what you may have heard of in some of the recent — especially suborbital — missions. We are not space tourists, i think there's an important role for space tourism, but it is not what Axiom is about.

  2. Michael Lopez-Alegría:

    This mission is very different from what you may have heard of in some of the recent — especially suborbital — missions. We are not space tourists, i think there's an important role for space tourism, but it is not what Axiom is about.

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