Traxus:Unsung
From the outside it's a hardened shell of orbital defense cannons. cannons more powerful than those stationed in earth's orbit. large chandelier rail guns visible from his home town.
R-E-X: We are the Sovereigns, Children of Terra, Light of the Galaxy (Epilog)
It was called the elysian ring, a colossal structure orbiting around the entire earth. it was over double the earth's radius, in high orbit above the surface and spanning over a hundred miles wide.
SENTIENCE - Chapter One - Orbit
At the height in our current path, a set of thrusters would put us in a much more reasonable, circular orbit.
Chapter 8: Epilogue
Nestled deep in the debris field, orbited by large bit of junk acting as effective camouflage was an emaciated ship. mostly intact, she was missing one of her engine nacelles.
Rat Kiss
Kale enjoyed the sight like he had from space, though in orbit he could see them every 45 minutes. down here it was every 14 hours, and during the freezing cold.
Sirius: Book Three - Project EPSILON: Chapter 4: Facilitation
They were put into orbit of sirius' sun, in the same orbit as sirius itself. sphere shaped, the stations had twelve spires each, which in turn carried a pair of a similar stardock structures to those of earth's stations.
Once, twice and again!
"gotta trust orbital, elvis." it wasn't anything she could argue, anyway. as they climbed towards their staging point, she reviewed the newest images.
Harbinger, Chapter 4
The planet's orbit changed and it spiraled in toward the two stars, perturbing the orbits of other planets as it crossed their paths.
Contact
Twenty years later an orbiting space station. senator mc cloud walked up to the podium with a sullen look. he looked at the crowd before him. "today we take the i.s. venture out of service.
Crucible, Part 15
“we should have orbital imagery, now, too. right? spare me. i want a report as soon as we can guess how bad the damage was."
Genesis
It was just bad timing- the ship had suffered a strike from a meteorite during vulnerable repairs, and caused total damage to the ship and knocking it out of orbit.
The Beloved Pet Ch6
For longer trips he uses a much larger ship, which is parked in orbit and has sleeping quarters. the deck below was the engine room.