suborbital

suborbital
/sub awr"bi tl/, adj.
1. (of a spacecraft) not in orbit; not achieving an altitude and velocity resulting in a ballistic trajectory circling the earth at least once.
2. Anat. situated below the orbit of the eye.
[1815-25; SUB- + ORBITAL]

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