en

suborbital

1

Terminological databases

Kosmoseteaduse ja -tehnoloogia terminibaas

ID 612819 Last modified 26.11.2021
View dataset
View dataset
Domain space travelspacecraft & rockets
suborbitaalne preferred
suborbital preferred
  • atmosfääri ülapiirile jõudev lend, orbiidile jäämata
  • the flight or path of a rocket or spacecraft that does not follow Earth orbit
suborbitaalne preferred
Usage examples
  • Esimene kosmoselend oli Saksamaa V2-raketi suborbitaalne lend 3. oktoobril 1942.
suborbital preferred
Usage examples
  • Suborbital is a term you'll be hearing a lot as Richard Branson flies aboard Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity winged spaceship and Jeff Bezos flies aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard vehicle to touch the boundary of space and experience a few minutes of weightlessness.

Word forms not available

Etymology not available

Related words not available

Search the same word

in the EU's IATE term base

Web examples

Online Language Learning Tool SkELL allows users to search for phrases in sentences, collocates and similar words. These examples have been automatically selected and may contain errors.
Skell logo