Assertion: spacecraft's orbit | /r/CapableOf | decay 92 days
Facets:
value: after launch
type: TEMPORAL
value: optically
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: The orbit of the then inactive satellite was later observed optically to decay 92 days after launch (January 4, 1958) after having completed about 1400 orbits of the Earth over a cumulative distance traveled of 70 million kilometers.