orbit
noun
the curved path, usually elliptical, taken by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
will be orbiting
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future progressiveof orbit.future progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that will be taking place in the future.
Example Sentences
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By 2030, experts project that as many as 60,000 satellites will be orbiting the Earth.
From Salon ● May 3, 2023
The study assumes 26,000 constellation satellites in total will be orbiting the Earth, but this number could be higher.
From Nature ● Mar. 9, 2020
Data that Mars '96 collects will be relayed home via Surveyor, which will be orbiting overhead.
From Time Magazine Archive
