Something that orbits the Earth
Our answer book holds 41 answers to “Something that orbits the Earth”, from the first thing anyone would say to names almost nobody would think of. The answers that come to mind first are Moon, Satellite and International Space Station. They count, but they keep you close to the ground. It is a fairly short list: only 2 answers sit in the two rarest tiers, so reaching one takes real knowledge.
Astronomers name far more things than the news ever mentions, which leaves plenty of room above the crowd. You will find it in stage 10, “Lap Around Earth”, of the Cosmos mission. The first stages of every mission are free, and later stages come with the full mission.
PLAY ONLYCLICK FREEThe most common answers
EVERYONE- Moon
- Satellite
- International Space Station
- Space Junk
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Starlink
- GPS Satellites
- Spacecraft
- Weather Satellites
- Communications Satellites
- Astronauts
- Soyuz
- Spy Satellites
- Navigation Satellites
- Earth Observation Satellites
These are the 15 answers we rate as most common, out of the 41 we know. They score the least. The other 26, including every rare one, stay inside the game.
How the 41 answers are spread
| EVERYONE | 27 |
| THE CROWD | 10 |
| SOME | 2 |
| ONLY YOU | 2 |
The rarer your answer, the farther your rocket flies. Rarity is our own estimate of how few people would think of an answer. How to play.