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This is being done when spacecraft are about to fail (usually due to propelant running out), they are moved to a graveyard orbit: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wik
by m4rtink 6y ago
This is being done when spacecraft are about to fail (usually due to propelant running out), they are moved to a graveyard orbit: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graveyard_orbit https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graveyard_orbit
- bagels 6y agoJust for geostationary objects that are still functional.
- m4rtink 6y agoAlso the nuclear reactor cores from Soviet US-A satellites: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US-A https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US-A It mostly worked fine & 30 odd discarded cores are orbiting the Earth in a safe graveyard orbit. Just a few fell back.