Definition of "deorbit" [deorbit]

• To go or cause to go out of orbit. (verb-transitive)
• The act or process of going out of orbit. (noun)

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• "M. O'BRIEN: We are one minute into that rocket firing they call the deorbit burn, two minutes and 42 seconds worth of rocket firing."
• "The second stage of the deorbit was the transfer of the station into a 165 x 220 km (103 x 137 mi) orbit."
• "The deorbit burn is beginning as I type this blog post."