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 […]
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Deorbit
Synonyms for "deorbit"
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Translations
8 translations across 4 languages.
Czech
3 entries- deorbitace noun (the act or process of leaving orbit)
- deorbitovat verb (to cause to leave orbit)
- deorbitovat verb (to leave orbit)
Finnish
2 entries- suistaa radaltaan verb (to cause to leave orbit)
- suistua radaltaan verb (to leave orbit)
French
2 entries- désorbitation noun (the act or process of leaving orbit)
- désorbiter verb (to cause to leave orbit)
Italian
1 entries- deorbitazione noun (the act or process of leaving orbit)
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First, an orbiting weapon required elaborate spacecraft systems, such as retro-rockets to deorbit it, others to guide it, and still others to arm it.
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[…] process will be initiated and over approximately one year the satellites will be maneuvered into an orbit that will eventually safely deorbit them.
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The Gemini emergency occurred when Gemini 8 deorbited and landed in the Northern Pacific 1000 miles south of Japan.
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