Re: In orbit, on orbit?

From: Allen Thomson <thomsona@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2007 09:13:21 -0700

On Jul 1, 7:53 pm, Sylvia Else <syl...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

NASA seems to talk about its craft being on orbit, rather than in orbit.
Anyone know the derivation of this usage?

See http://tinyurl.com/24doal

I think the hypothesis that "on orbit" was formed by analogy with "on
station" makes sense, but have no real idea if it's true.

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- In orbit, on orbit?
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