Once cleared the mission is expected to take two Indians in a Soyuz-type orbital vehicle into low earth orbit.

Seconds later the orbital vehicle separated from the carrier.

Since then, he has made steady progress toward his goals of suborbital space flight and eventual orbital vehicles.

Each rotor was powered by a 350-lbf (1,560 N) hydrogen peroxide jet, as intended for the orbital vehicle.

Had any successful tests occurred, extrapolation would have been necessary to apply the results to a proposed orbital vehicle.

But, Domne, my experience in space has been entirely in orbital vehicles, not in starships!

Those who worked with the ship typically referred to it by its original designation, OV-102, which stood for orbital vehicle 102, the second in the series.

With this type of shape, around 99% of the energy goes into the air rather than vehicle, and this permitted safe recovery of orbital vehicles.

Development of a fully autonomous orbital vehicle to carry a two-member crew into a low Earth orbit has already begun.

The LN-4 is a miniature inertial system for "a manned orbital vehicle"