deorbiting

Verb

deorbit (third-person singular simple present deorbits, present participle deorbiting, simple past and past participle deorbited)

1. (transitive) To cause to leave orbit.
   • The principal improvements in the systems are the ability to return film canisters without deorbiting the spacecraft, and the extension of orbital […]1996, DIANE Publishing Company, Intelligence Threat Handbook
2. (intransitive) Of an orbiting object, such as a satellite: to leave orbit.
   • The Gemini emergency occurred when Gemini 8 deorbited and landed in the Northern Pacific 1000 miles south of Japan.1986, Gloria W. Heath, ed., Space Safety and Rescue, 1984-1985: Proceedings of Symposia, page 62

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