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graveyard orbit

graveyard orbit noun: an orbit where spacecraft which have reached their end of life can be safely positioned to avoid colliding with other spacecraft or the Earth.

Noun

graveyard orbit (plural graveyard orbits)

  1. An orbit where spacecraft which have reached their end of life can be safely positioned to avoid colliding with other spacecraft or the Earth.

Forms of graveyard orbit

pluralgraveyard orbits

Questions about graveyard orbit

What does graveyard orbit mean?
Graveyard orbit means an orbit where spacecraft which have reached their end of life can be safely positioned to avoid colliding with other spacecraft or the Earth.
What part of speech is graveyard orbit?
Graveyard orbit is a noun.
What is the plural of graveyard orbit?
The plural of graveyard orbit is graveyard orbits.

Words near graveyard orbit in the dictionary

  1. graveward
  2. gravewards
  3. graveyard
  4. graveyard of empires
  5. Graveyard of the Atlantic
  6. graveyard orbit
  7. graveyard orbits
  8. graveyard poetry
  9. graveyard shift
  10. graveyard shifter
  11. graveyard shifters

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