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de-orbit burn
The firing of a spacecraft’s engine against the direction of motion to cut the spacecraft’s orbital speed. The speed reduction places the spacecraft in a lower orbit. If this lower orbit passes through Earth’s atmosphere, the spacecraft reenters.
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