orbiter
noun/ˈɔrbɪtər/
Frequency rank: #13,813 most common English word
Meaning
a spacecraft that travels in orbit around a planet or other celestial body without landing on it.
Example sentence
The space agency launched orbiter designed to study the surface of Mars from above.
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