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deorbit

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Terminator Tether
Low-cost, low-mass autonomous end-of-life spacecraft deorbit
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Deorbit: Stem Cell Rescue
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de⋅or⋅bit

  [dee-awr-bit] Aerospace.
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–verb (used without object)
1. to depart deliberately from orbit, usually to enter a descent phase.
–verb (used with object)
2. to cause to deliberately depart from orbit.
Origin:
1960–65; de- + orbit
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Terminator Tether
Low-cost, low-mass autonomous end-of-life spacecraft deorbit
www.tethers.com/TT.htm
Deorbit: Stem Cell Rescue
By Neil Mavis Qualified orders over $25 ship free
Amazon.com/books
de·or·bit   (dē-ôr'bĭt)   
intr. & tr.v.   de·or·bit·ed, de·or·bit·ing, de·or·bits
To go or cause to go out of orbit.
n.  The act or process of going out of orbit.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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