ORBITER


Meaning of ORBITER in English

/awr"bi teuhr/ , n. U.S. Aerospace.

1. Also called space shuttle orbiter . the crew- and payload-carrying component of the space shuttle.

2. a space probe designed to orbit a planetary body or moon. Cf. lander .

[ 1950-55, Amer.; ORBIT + -ER 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .