insert into orbit

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• insert — I. verb Etymology: Latin insertus, past participle of inserere, from in + serere to join more at series Date: 1529 transitive verb 1. to put or thrust in < insert the key in the lock > < insert a spacecraft into orbit > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Geostationary transfer orbit — A Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit or Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO) is a Hohmann transfer orbit around the Earth between a low Earth orbit (LEO) and a geosynchronous orbit (GEO). It is an ellipse where the perigee is a point on a LEO and the… …   Wikipedia

• Cartoon Orbit — front page, 2000 2002 Commercial? Yes Type of site Trading card game …   Wikipedia

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• space exploration — Investigation of the universe beyond Earth s atmosphere by means of manned and unmanned spacecraft. Study of the use of rockets for spaceflight began early in the 20th century. Germany s research on rocket propulsion in the 1930s led to… …   Universalium

• International Space Station — ISS redirects here. For other uses, see ISS (disambiguation). International Space Station …   Wikipedia

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• muscle — muscleless, adj. muscly, adj. /mus euhl/, n., v., muscled, muscling, adj. n. 1. a tissue composed of cells or fibers, the contraction of which produces movement in the body. 2. an organ, composed of muscle tissue, that contracts to produce a… …   Universalium

• Sergei Korolev — Sergey Pavlovich Korolev Сергей Павлович Королёв Сергій Павлович Корольов Sergey Korolyov in Red Army uniform (1938). Born 12 January [O.S. 30 December 1906] 1907 …   Wikipedia

• Apollo 12 — Infobox Space mission mission name = Apollo 12 insignia = AP12goodship.png command module = CM 108 nowrap|callsign Yankee Clipper mass 28,838 kg service module = SM 108 lunar module = LM 6 callsign Intrepid mass 15,235 kg booster = Saturn V SA… …   Wikipedia