orbiter

英 [ˈɔːbɪtə(r)]

美 [ˈɔːrbɪtər]

n.  (绕天体作轨道运行的)宇宙飞船; 轨道飞行器

复数：orbiters　

COCA.16860

牛津词典

noun

• （绕天体作轨道运行的）宇宙飞船；轨道飞行器
  a spacecraft designed to move around a planet or moon rather than to land on it

英英释义

noun

• man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon
  Synonym:satelliteartificial satellite

双语例句

• At first, mission controllers said they were fairly certain that none of the insulation had struck the orbiter.
  飞行控制人员起先说，他们相当肯定绝热材料没有打到飞机。
• Concerns about additional delays prompted NASA to bump the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter from Kennedy Space Center's launch schedule to give Endeavour a second chance to launch, on Wednesday.
  对于额外延迟的担心促使美国国家航空和航天管理局挤掉月球侦察卫星从肯尼迪航天中心发射的计划，给“奋进号”在星期三发射的第二次机会。
• Only one will actually leave the orbiter module to retrieve scientific experiments placed outside.
  只有一个人将实实在在的离开卫星舱在太空中进行实验。
• View of Valles Marineris, using wide-angle imagery from NASA's Viking orbiters and the Mars Orbiter Camera.
  查看水手谷，利用美国宇航局的海盗号轨道器和火星轨道器照相机广角图像。
• NASA is using the Deep Space Network and the Mars Odyssey orbiter to listen if the rover reawakens.
  美国航空航天局正在操作深宇宙通信收集和火星奥德赛号轨道翱翔器听取漫游者是否被再次叫醒。
• The launch had to be postponed earlier this month because of the failed launch of an experimental orbiter.
  发射不得不推迟本月早些时候由于实验卫星发射失败。
• Nasa's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has used its Diviner instrument to probe the insides of permanently shadowed craters on Earth's satellite.
  美国宇航局的月球勘测轨道飞行器利用“占卜者”仪器探测永久阴影环形山的底部世界。
• Last month, the Space Shuttle orbiter Atlantis visited the ISS and added components that included the Columbus Science Laboratory.
  上月，亚特兰蒂斯号航天飞机造访了国际空间站，并为其增加了组建，其中包括哥伦布科学实验室。
• Early Sunday, China successfully launched its eighth orbiter of the Beidou system.
  周日清晨，中国成功发射第八颗北斗导航卫星。
• The orbiter will continue to explore Saturn and its moons for four more year.
  人造卫星会在后四年继续探索土星及它的卫星。