Suborbital

Synonyms for "suborbital" (8 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Adjective(2 words)
ballistic flightballistic rocket

Strong matches (2)

Adjective(2 words)
nonorbitalnonorbital flight

Related words (4)

Adjective(4 words)
subocularsuborbital missionsuborbital research missionsuborbital rocket

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

3 entries
flight profilespacecraftspaceflight

More specific

8 entries
microgravity experimentpayload testresearch flightresearch rocketsounding rocketsuborbital flightsuborbital trajectorytest flight

Collocations

7 entries
suborbital flightsuborbital missionsuborbital rocketsuborbital spaceflightsuborbital testingsuborbital trajectorysuborbital vehicle

Inflections

3 entries
more suborbitalmost suborbitalsuborbitals

Derivations

3 entries

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

On December 22, 1960, soviet scientists attempted to launch Damka ("Little Lady") and Krasavka ("Beauty") on a Korabl Sputnik. However, the upper rocket stage failed and the launch was aborted. The dogs were safely recovered after their unplanned suborbital flight.

Source: tatoeba (3955389)

The first rocket test was suborbital; it didn't even get off the ground but rather exploded on the launchpad.

Source: wiktionary

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