Thirty-five seconds later, Dragon was planned to separate from Falcon 9's second stage and reach its preliminary orbit.

The preliminary orbit suggests it came to perihelion around 1864.

The preliminary orbit shows the next perihelion passage to be around January 2024.

Progress M-10M achieved the preliminary planned orbit after nine minutes of the launch.

Approximately nine minutes into the launch, Progress M-13M reached its planned preliminary orbit.

Prior to this a preliminary orbit had been published in the Catalog of Nearby Exoplanets.

The satellite launched today was thrust into a preliminary orbit ranging from about 104 to 22,300 miles high.

After the launch, the spacecraft reached a preliminary orbit of 149 (240.09 km) by 120 miles (193.96 km).

The communication problem made it impossible for the Russian mission control officials to communicate with the crew until after they reached the preliminary orbit.

After 9 minutes, the Soyuz spacecraft settled into a preliminary orbit of 143 miles by 118 miles.