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I guess the next step would be to crowdfund a rocket to remove this light pollution/ad?

• DanBC 11y ago
  Who'd risk Kessler Effect? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_syndrome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_syndrome
  • obsurveyor 11y ago
    You don't have to necessarily explode it, just de-orbit it. If you're going to hit it ballistically, then you've already got the capability to de-orbit without risk of cascade.
  • elbigbad 11y ago
    This is beyond the scope of my knowledge so maybe it's a stupid question, but why doesn't space debris deorbit on its own like anything else not in geostationary orbit?
    • Zikes 11y ago
      From the wikipedia entry: > Orbital decay is much slower at altitudes where atmospheric drag is insignificant. Slight atmospheric drag, lunar perturbation, and solar wind drag can gradually bring debris down to lower altitudes where fragments finally reenter, but this process can take millennia at very high altitudes.
  • panzagl 11y ago
    The US's latest anti-satellite test struck from higher altitude than the target, aiming the debris field toward the atmosphere where it quickly de-orbited.
    • jevinskie 11y ago
      I hadn't heard that part of the story before. I found a source. [0] Sounds like the strategy wasn't super successful. Impressive ballistics though! [0]: http://swfound.org/media/167224/through_a_glass_darkly_march2014.pdf http://swfound.org/media/167224/through_a_glass_darkly_march...
• 9mit3t2m9h9a 11y ago
  It will be large (after deploying the reflecting facets) and lightweight and in a low orbit. It will remove itself just fine faster than you manage to crowdfund a rocket.