2. Verb. (intransitive) Of an orbiting object, such as a satellite, to leave orbit. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Deorbit
1. to come out of an orbit [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deorbit
Literary usage of Deorbit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Directory of Federal Laboratory and Technology Resources: A Guide to (1993)
"... the rockets used for major orbital changes and to slow the Shuttle for deorbit
and landing, and the Reaction Control System engines, various small ..."
2. High Frontier: The U.S. Air Force & the Military Space Program by Curtis Peebles (1998)
"... an orbiting weapon required elaborate spacecraft systems, such as retro-rockets
to deorbit it, others to guide it, and still others to arm it. ..."
3. Space 2030: Tackling Society's Challenges by OECD International Futures Programme (2005)
"Berger, B. (2003), "NASA Proposes $300 Million Tug To deorbit Hubble", Space
News, 24 November. ..."
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