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  2. Orbital decay - Wikipedia

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    Orbital decay is a gradual decrease of the distance between two orbiting bodies at their closest approach (the periapsis) over many orbital periods. These orbiting bodies can be a planet and its satellite , a star and any object orbiting it, or components of any binary system .

  3. List of most massive neutron stars - Wikipedia

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    2.10 ± 0.2: 6,500 ± 1,300: D: Precision pulse timing measurements of relativistic orbital decay. [14] PSR J0740+6620: 2.08 ± 0.07: 4,600: D: Range and shape parameter of Shapiro delay. Most massive neutron star with a well-constrained mass. [15] [16] [17] PSR J0348+0432: 2.01 ± 0.04: 2,100: D: Spectroscopic observation and orbital decay due ...

  4. Reboost - Wikipedia

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    A reboost is the process of boosting the altitude of an artificial satellite in Low Earth Orbit [1] [2] [3] in order to delay its atmospheric re-entry due to orbital decay. [ 3 ] See also

  5. Orbiter (simulator) - Wikipedia

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    Orbiter was developed as a simulator, [14] with accurately modeled planetary motion, gravitation effects (including non-spherical gravity), free space, atmospheric flight and orbital decay. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] The position of the planets in the solar system is calculated by the VSOP87 solution, while the Earth-Moon system is simulated by the ELP2000 ...

  6. Ariane flight VA262 - Wikipedia

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    The plan was for this third burn was to direct the upper stage into a safe deorbit over the Pacific Ocean and release the two reentry capsule experiments. The failure left the upper stage stranded in a 580-kilometre (360 mi) circular orbit. At this altitude, their natural orbital decay due to atmospheric drag is expected to take decades. [3] [2 ...

  7. Orbit Downloader - Wikipedia

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    Orbit Downloader is a discontinued download manager for Microsoft Windows. Launched in 2006, its developers abandoned it in 2009. [ 4 ] In 2013, Orbit Downloader was classified as malware by antivirus software after ESET discovered a botnet in the application.

  8. Zombie satellite - Wikipedia

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    In April 2010, only five years into a planned 15-year mission, its operator, Intelsat, lost control of the satellite and it drifted out of its orbital slot. Several months later, on December 27, 2010, the satellite rebooted itself and began responding to commands again. [5] Intelsat re-positioned it back to its original orbital slot in April 2011.

  9. Talk:Orbital decay - Wikipedia

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    1 Decay resulting from third-body interactions. ... 3 Mascons: another cause of orbital decay. 2 comments. 4 Oxygen-bearing ... or not. 2 comments. Toggle the table ...