Is Deorbiting a Word?

n. The act or process of going out of orbit.

What does Deorbiting mean?

: to go out of orbit. transitive verb. : to cause to deorbit deorbit a spacecraft.

How do you deorbit debris?

There are four techniques that can move debris from heavily trafficked orbits: (1) deorbiting (the deliberate, forced reentry of a space object into the Earth's atmosphere by application of a retarding force, usually via a propulsion system) at EOL; (2) orbital lifetime reduction (accelerating the natural decay of ...