low earth orbit launch

基本解釋

It was also keen on a proposal to use Virgin's White Knight launch system to put satellites into low Earth orbit.
同樣熱衷于利用維珍的白騎士發(fā)射系統(tǒng)將衛(wèi)星送入近地軌道。
The rocket is designed to launch 207 tons (414,000 pounds) of cargo to low-Earth orbit and 78.5 tons (157,000 pounds) to the moon.
火箭發(fā)射的目的是將207噸（41.4萬磅）的貨物送上低地球軌道，以及將78.5噸（15.7萬磅）的貨物送到月球。
The Magnum would use the space shuttle launch facilities at Cape Canaveral and could launch 80 tons (81, 280 kilograms) of payload into low Earth orbit (LEO).
“大酒瓶”號將利用卡納維拉爾角的航天飛機發(fā)射裝置進行發(fā)射，它能運送80噸（81 280公斤）的載荷進入近地軌道。

This is opening new opportunities for even high school students and hobbyists to launch satellites into low earth orbit and dream of going there themselves.
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But until the commercial astronaut taxis are ready to go, the nation will be dependent on Russian Soyuz spacecraft to launch its crews to low-Earth orbit.
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Others, including Pirate Party co-chairman Gregory Engels, seem to prefer the idea of a low-Earth-orbit satellite that would be harder to launch but easier to keep airborne than a slowly-deflating balloon.
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