The fact that they now knew the reason for Discovery's mysterious orbital decay did not help in the least.

The period was 31 hours and undergoing orbital decay.

More sophisticated models are used to predict orbital decay of satellites.

At higher altitudes, where atmospheric drag is less significant, orbital decay takes much longer.

The excellent agreement between the predicted and observed orbital decay rates has a double significance.

The rate of its orbital decay is accelerating at a tremendous rate now."

Then the observable quantity, the orbital decay rate.

We already know that bursts of cosmic radiation can create drag on satellites, causing orbital decay.

But unexpectedly high solar activity in the last few years increased atmospheric drag on the station and sped its orbital decay.

Even if he could live until the orbital decay dropped him back into the atmosphere, the re-enty would burn him up.

Orbital decay is the process of prolonged reduction in the altitude of a satellite's orbit.

It has an orbital period of just 31 hours and is undergoing orbital decay due to tidal effects.

Such a conductive tether can also generate electrical power, at the expense of orbital decay.

The observations made of the orbital decay of this star system was a near perfect match to Einstein's equations.

The flume of mute fire another reminder, if we needed it, to recalibrate orbital decay daily.

Several distinct relativistic effects are observed, including orbital decay as in the Hulse-Taylor system.

Between 23 June and 14 July, the spacecraft was manoeuvred into a lower orbit in order to speed up orbital decay.

Orbital decay was past critical.

The sensors deteriorate over time, and corrections are necessary for satellite drift and orbital decay.

A major cause of orbital decay for satellites in low Earth orbit is the drag of Earth's atmosphere.

A primary use of this model is to aid predictions of satellite orbital decay due to atmospheric drag.

In case of reentry engine malfunction, the spacecraft was designed to descend within 10 days due to orbital decay.

However, in 1998, Wentz and Schabel determined that orbital decay had an effect on the derived temperatures.

Some satellites with long conductive tethers can also experience orbital decay because of electromagnetic drag from the Earth's magnetic field.

Lacerta G-1 is fictitious, and its accelerated orbital decay only makes sense in terms of the novel's ??