suborbital
亚轨道,亚轨道飞行,次轨道,亚轨道交通
Definitions
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- : not in orbit; not achieving an altitude and velocity resulting in a ballistic trajectory circling the earth at least once.
- : Anatomy. situated below the orbit of the eye.
Examples
While the rocket launch sector is quickly becoming crowded, the same can’t be said for companies developing suborbital spaceplanes.
Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic flight and Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin launch made headlines with their short suborbital jaunts, while the upcoming Inspiration4 mission plans to put an all-civilian crew into orbit for the first time.
Aside from the recent up-and-down suborbital hops by billionaires Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos and their entourages, a host of civilians have flown on space flights before.
Both flights were what is deemed “suborbital,” reaching only the edge of space, but achieved zero-gravity — Bezos was seen on video floating Skittles into the mouths of his fellow passengers.
The most important news in space business aren’t Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos’ suborbital joy rides.
In Polypterus there is a subopercle also; the suborbital chain is represented by two small bones.
Suborbital, sub-or′bi-tal, adj. situated below the orbit of the eye.
The dorsal and ventral boundaries of the orbits are respectively formed by the prominent supra-orbital and suborbital ridges.
In females the dorsum is dull olive-brown; the anterior part of the head is tan, and the suborbital spot is yellowish tan.
The suborbital spot is pale greenish tan, and the iris is deep reddish brown.