UNIVERSE
SPACE EXPLORATION
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orbiter
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rover
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rocket
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ship
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Detailed explanation-1: -orbiter. A(n) orbiter / rover often has mechanical arms. to gather rock samples.
Detailed explanation-2: -A(n) lander /orbiter is a kind of artificial satellite. An orbiter is an artificial satellite that travels to the planet and moves into the orbit around it in order to collect data. It was specifically designed in such a way that it does not land on the planet’s surface.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Sputnik 1 spacecraft was the first artificial satellite successfully placed in orbit around the Earth and was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome at Tyuratam (370 km southwest of the small town of Baikonur) in Kazakhstan, then part of the former Soviet Union.
Detailed explanation-4: -The benefits of using the orbiting spacecraft are that the orbiters are closer to the rover than the DSN antennas on Earth and the orbiters have Earth in their field of view for much longer time periods than the rover on the ground.