Cosmos 1 is to be carried into a near circular polar orbit atop a three-stage Volna rocket, a ballistic missile converted for commercial use.

As I ponder possible explanations for these differences, I am deeply startled to receive a command-frequency hail from near orbit.

Only 4 of the center's 13 constituents are in the great fountain's near orbit; the rest are in outer darkness, somewhere beyond the meteorite belt.

All U.S. satellites destined for near polar orbit are launched from Vandenberg.

He had chosen a near orbit to give them the best possible sensor data, and the shuttle glided into position.

"Could we go into warp from our current position and come out in or very near orbit," Kirk said.

Also, do you plan a landing, a near orbit, or a distant orbit?

Look beyond the near orbit.

I hadn't, of course, since that puny communicator Sullien left hardly reaches into near orbit, much less through subspace.

During this period it is supervised from a small space-station in a near orbit.