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graveyard orbit

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graveyard orbit
n
(Astronautics) another name for dump orbit
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They include venting excess rocket fuel into space and switching off battery-charging lines when missions are completed to reduce the risk of explosion; de-orbiting old satellites from LEO so they burn up in the atmosphere; and boosting satellites in GEO into graveyard orbits at the end of their life.
Protecting the environment of outer space for future travel by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
In recent years, companies that produce satellites for geostationary orbit have agreed to design their satellites to retain enough fuel at the end of their lives to boost themselves into a graveyard orbit.
BALANCING TECHNOLOGY'S IMPACT by O'MEARA, MOLLY / USA Today (Magazine)
 
 
 
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