in orbit

Idioms  

1. Thrilled, delighted, as in Dean's in orbit over his son's success. This expression alludes to the successful launching into orbit of a satellite or other spacecraft. [Slang; late 1900s]

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Example Sentences

This week, Aylin Woodward reports on a new method to track objects in orbit that fall back to Earth.

From The Wall Street Journal

Each spent 286 days in orbit during NASA's Boeing Starliner and SpaceX Crew-9 missions.

From Science Daily

While in orbit, she performed three spacewalks to repair a leak in a station radiator and replace a component that transfers power from the station's solar arrays to its systems.

From Science Daily

But even after launching thousands of satellites, Blue Origin would still have far fewer in orbit than Elon Musk's Starlink, which currently dominates the satellite internet market.

From BBC

While it currently has around 180 satellites in orbit, having launched dozens more just last week, it plans to have more than 3,000 in orbit.

From BBC