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orbiter

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or⋅bit⋅er

  [awr-bi-ter]
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–noun U.S. Aerospace.
1. Also called space shuttle orbiter. the crew- and payload-carrying component of the space shuttle.
2. a space probe designed to orbit a planetary body or moon.
Compare lander.

Origin:
1950–55, Americanism; orbit + -er 1
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or·bit·er   (ôr'bĭ-tər)   
n.  Something that orbits, especially a spacecraft that orbits a planet or moon without landing on it.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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