orbiter
noun
or·bit·er
ˈȯr-bə-tər 
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The Rothko-like image was taken by a high-resolution camera on ESA’s Mars Express orbiter and captures Arcadia Planitia, an area of Mars critical to research about the planet’s past and its potential to house humans in the future.
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Perri Thaler, Space.com, 6 July 2025
Active missions that have returned unprecedented data, like Juno and New Horizons, as would two Mars orbiters.
—ArsTechnica, 4 June 2025
Like Tianwen-1, which lifted off in July 2020 with two aims — delivering an orbiter and a rover to Mars — Tianwen-2 has two goals.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 28 May 2025
But on its very first mission to Mars, China sent not only an orbiter but also a lander and a small rover that operated for about a year.
—ArsTechnica, 27 Mar. 2025
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Perri Thaler, Space.com, 6 July 2025
Active missions that have returned unprecedented data, like Juno and New Horizons, as would two Mars orbiters.
—ArsTechnica, 4 June 2025
Like Tianwen-1, which lifted off in July 2020 with two aims — delivering an orbiter and a rover to Mars — Tianwen-2 has two goals.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 28 May 2025
But on its very first mission to Mars, China sent not only an orbiter but also a lander and a small rover that operated for about a year.
—ArsTechnica, 27 Mar. 2025
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“Orbiter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/orbiter. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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orbiter
noun
or·bit·er
ˈȯr-bət-ər
1
: one that orbits
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