The initial orbit was and had a period of 3 hours 37 minutes and an inclination of 12.2 degrees.

This is primarily in the z axis of the initial orbit.

Now the spacecraft is running on an ellipse substantially closer to the planet than during the initial orbit.

The satellite was placed in an initial elliptical orbit.

The craft went into an initial orbit with a high point 26,500 miles above Earth and deployed its solar power array, agency spokesmen said.

He and the copilot were checking off the coordinates of the initial orbit.

"We're just closing our initial orbit," Vanessa told him.

This first blue circle outside the Earth is your initial orbit in Gemini.

Radio contact was lost on Saturday, as the spacecraft was just three days away from an initial orbit of the planet.

The initial orbit was reported to be about 330 x 650 km.