Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
suborbital way.
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word suborbitally.
Examples
-
From the above it should be clear that doing a hop into space, suborbitally, is not a precursor to orbital flight and has nothing to do with reaching orbital speed and then decelerating to return to Earth.
-
SpaceX's Falcon 1 became the first privately built liquid rocket to orbit the Earth tonight, following in the footsteps of SpaceShipOne which became the first privately built crewed spaceship to fly suborbitally in October 2004.
Wired Top Stories 2008
-
SpaceX's Falcon 1 became the first privately built liquid rocket to orbit the Earth tonight, following in the footsteps of SpaceShipOne which became the first privately built crewed spaceship to fly suborbitally in October 2004.
Wired Top Stories Loretta Hidalgo Whitesides 2008
-
Or, as Mr. Redalsen has suggested, if you wish to test the launch facility itself, apparently it is possible to send it up suborbitally and bring it down somewhere harmless, perhaps a few hundred kilometers to the north.
Mother Of Storms Barnes, John, 1957- 1994
-
The scientists then use their worldwide scanning devices to find unsuspecting targets and bury them in suborbitally hurled snow.
Toronto Sun 2010
-
The curvature of the Earth is still pronounced, the darkness of space beyond still stark and amazing, and he realizes he’s seeing the same view as those who ride suborbitally to the same height.
Orbit John J. Nance 2006
-
The curvature of the Earth is still pronounced, the darkness of space beyond still stark and amazing, and he realizes he’s seeing the same view as those who ride suborbitally to the same height.
Orbit John J. Nance 2006
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.