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parking orbit

–noun Aerospace.
a temporary orbit in which a spacecraft awaits the next phase of its mission.

Origin:
1955–60
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parking orbit  
n.  A temporary orbit for a spacecraft.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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