Satellite mass as a function of time for systems with the re-orientation of the satellite star velocities at the apocentres. The four panels refer to different orbital inclinations, from θ = 0 (leftmost panel) to θ = π/2 (rightmost panel). The dashed black line represents the satellite mass obtained through the new N-body simulations, compared with the outcome of the original N-body simulations shown as a solid black line. The coloured lines indicate the predictions of our semi-analytical model for various values of α. The dashed grey line represents the mass predicted using the minimum tidal radius evaluated along the 1000 different directions – if let free to increase.