orbiter
/ˈɔrbɪtər/
noun
- A spacecraft designed to orbit a planet, moon, or other celestial body without landing.
- The orbiter circled Jupiter for years, studying its moons and atmosphere.
- The Mars orbiter sent back detailed images of the planet's surface.
- NASA's lunar orbiter mapped the Moon's terrain for future missions.
- A person or thing that moves in an orbit around something else.
- The satellite is an orbiter that relays communication signals around Earth.
- The telescope tracked the orbiter as it passed behind the asteroid.
- In the solar system, each planet is an orbiter of the Sun.