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Meanings of low orbit in English

A zone of the Earth orbit up to an altitude of 2,000 km.

Usage of low orbit in English
1
The EPL was now an unpowered satellite in extremely low orbit-toolow!
Genellan: planetfall
2
Now I'm stuck up here in some sort of erratic low orbit.
Masked
3
And this is just the space in low orbit around one planet.
Cibola Burn
4
The majority are travelling between low orbit and the SD platforms.
The Naked God
5
He saw the faint outlines of dozens of Covenant battleships in low orbit.
First Strike
6
We enter the ship and are swiftly conveyed to low orbit.
Halo Silentium
7
Most of them are docked in low orbit stations and the asteroid ports.
The Neutronium Alchemist
8
It could launch, repair or reposition U.S. satellites in low orbit.
Wired
9
I want armed ships, too; they can provide the fire-power back-up from low orbit.
The Reality Dysfunction
10
They got them going up into low orbit and down again all night long.
Imperfect Sword
11
Before long, Joe brought the ship into a low orbit around the tenth planet.
The Runaway Asteroid
12
His position was ideal to observe the navy starships flying out from their low orbit.
The Naked God
13
For all I know, we might be in a low orbit above a human world.
Mortal Dictata
14
And now we came to the peculiar feature we had noticed even from low orbit.
Halo Silentium
15
Therefore he'd left his two space-boats in low orbit on the night side of the planet.
Talents, Incorporated
16
More ships appeared in low orbit, and for a second Ahsoka's heart was in her throat.
Ahsoka
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Low orbit through the time
Low orbit across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common