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Spaceflight@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 19 days ago

Ocean experts raise concerns over deorbiting the International Space Station

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Ocean experts raise concerns over deorbiting the International Space Station

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Spaceflight@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 19 days ago

GOLDEN, Colorado — NASA is faced with the challenge of safely deorbiting, in one fell swoop, over 400 tons of space hardware in a few years. As of now, the agency plans on deorbiting the Internatio…

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It will have more energy when hitting the atmosphere and disintegrate more completely.
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  This is not correct if it broke up in a circular orbit

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