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Anything in LEO will de-orbit unless you actively keep it there, due to atmospheric drag. This is like watching someone drop a ball and asking if they are takin
by emagdnim2100 9y ago
Anything in LEO will de-orbit unless you actively keep it there, due to atmospheric drag. This is like watching someone drop a ball and asking if they are taking any steps to ensure it will fall.
- kerkeslager 9y agoObviously, but how long does that take, and is that long enough that collisions are negligibly probable? It's possible that the problem will take care of itself, but the information provided is not adequate to model the problem and prove that the problem will take care of itself.
- panzagl 9y agoIt's a Bloomberg article, not an intro to astrodynamics. If you know the orbit you can figure out when it will decay relatively accurately.
- kerkeslager 9y agoI'm not asking the Bloomberg article, I'm asking the person who works for the company who responded upthread.