📚 adj • entry_id 42015
suborbital
Meanings (ES + gloss)
suborbital
Not reaching orbit; having a trajectory that does not reach orbital velocity and so must return to ground eventually.
The first rocket test was suborbital; it didn't even get off the ground but rather exploded on the launchpad.
suborbital • suborbitario
Below the orbit of the eye.
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