Friction causes an object to lose energy, and dear Ashlee, The heat in the reentry phase is due to friction between the spacecraft and the air. Given these facts, orbiting spacecraft reentering the Earth's atmosphere among the following options:
- lose energy
 - dormant state
 - to move people
 - migrate
 - inactive
 - threatened
 - rays or beams
 - It decreases


 

 lose energy        