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in (also into) orbit
P2. in (also into) orbit: in a state of being or moving in an orbit. Now frequently figurative: in or into a state of heightened performance, activity, anger, excitement, etc.
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society > travel > air or space travel > space flight > [noun] > a space shot or flight > course or trajectory of spacecraft > orbiting > state of being or moving in orbit
in (also into) orbit1958
1864 Continental Monthly Nov. 532/1 The formation of globes from the materials in space, and their sustentation in orbit.
1958 Spectator 22 Aug. 263/2 The US satellite now in orbit.
1959 Economist 21 Feb. 706/2 One observer..describes the stock market as being ‘in orbit’, released from the gravitational pull of the bond market.
1961 L. Mumford City in Hist. (1966) xvi. 580 Our descendants will perhaps understand our curious willingness to expend billions of dollars to shoot a sacrificial victim into planetary orbit.
1969 R. Airth Snatch! x. 99 Morland..said they were great, which sent Giorgio approximately into orbit.
1971 Nature 17 Sept. 160/3 A Salyut spacecraft is already in Earth orbit.
1982 E. Cashmore Black Sportsmen 32 Leaving poverty and strife behind them, both went into orbit via sport only to return dispirited to their take off points.
2002 Guardian 7 Feb. i. 15/1 The ultimate floating hotel..to carry astronauts, and ultimately tourists, in orbit between Earth and Mars.
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