However, a rocket failure prevented it from reaching its intended orbit.

The upper stage operated successfully but could not reach the intended orbit.

I fouled up the flight tape and overshot our intended orbit by a hundred miles.

This left the shuttle miles short of its intended orbit.

Due to lower than expected performance, the payload falls short of its intended orbit.

Although the launch vehicle reached the intended orbit the spacecraft failed to separate.

The maneuver is used to place the spacecraft on a proper heading toward its intended orbit.

It can put 13 tons of satellite payload into its intended orbit with fuel to spare, and that's just the beginning.

Only now, a year late, has Surveyor reached its intended orbit, ready to start the two-year mapping operation this week.

A rocket motor failed and the spacecraft did not reach its intended orbit.