J C. Wilsher Orbital Decay

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Afternoon Theatre: Orbital Decay Thu 19th Jul 1984, 15:00 on BBC Radio 4 FM by J.C. Wilsher Brittania Space Launch 1994.   Buzz and Neil, the Astronaut Twins, along with their companion Peggy Sue set off on the routine job of recovering a faulty satellite. They discover, however, that the satellite has a strange unidentified module attached to it, and suddenly the recovery is routine no longer. Director:…..Gerry Jones Neil:….Nigel Anthony Buzz:…..Sean Arnold Peggy Sue:….Beth Porter Yuri:…Andrew Sachs Control/Dad:….Peter Marinker In orbital mechanics, orbital decay is a gradual decrease of the distance between two orbiting bodies at their closest approach (the periapsis) over many orbital periods. These orbiting bodies can be a planet and its satellite, a star and any object orbiting it, or components of any binary system.

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.