Orbits and mechanics
再入衰减
Orbital decay
Altitude loss until reentry.
A dead Starlink satellite reenters within a few years.
Related terms
- Atmospheric reentry — A spacecraft coming back into the atmosphere.
- Hohmann transfer — A two-burn manoeuvre that moves between circular orbits on minimum fuel.
- Orbital plane — The plane an orbit lies in, tilted by its inclination.
- Ascending node — Where the orbit crosses the equator going north.