Sub-orbit

Sub-orbit referred to the trajectory of an object in space that did not reach a full orbit around a celestial object.
In 1968, in response to a nuclear warhead being placed in sub-orbit by another major power, the United States launched a suborbital platform with multi-warhead capacity for the purpose of maintaining the balance of power. ()
In 2259, a farmer who had survived a Gorn attack on Finibus III reported seeing streaks in the sky like "rain on fire", which Una Chin-Riley suggested could have been from a sub-orbital plasma bombardment. ()
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