Deorbit

noun, verb

noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act or process of leaving orbit.
Verb
  1. 1
    To cause to leave orbit. transitive

    "1996, DIANE Publishing Company, Intelligence Threat Handbook The principal improvements in the systems are the ability to return film canisters without deorbiting the spacecraft, and the extension of orbital […]"

  2. 2
    Of an orbiting object, such as a satellite: to leave orbit. intransitive

    "The Gemini emergency occurred when Gemini 8 deorbited and landed in the Northern Pacific 1000 miles south of Japan."

Antonyms

All antonyms
orbit

Example

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"1996, DIANE Publishing Company, Intelligence Threat Handbook The principal improvements in the systems are the ability to return film canisters without deorbiting the spacecraft, and the extension of orbital […]"

Etymology

From de- + orbit.

Related phrases

deorbit burn

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