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One cool way of de-orbiting satellites is to brake against the Earth's magnetic field with a conducting wire. This is actually already a product. https://www.
by Symmetry 6y ago
One cool way of de-orbiting satellites is to brake against the Earth's magnetic field with a conducting wire. This is actually already a product.
https://www.tethers.com/deorbit-systems/ https://www.tethers.com/deorbit-systems/
- flipflipper 6y agoThere were couple demo sats launched a few months ago. One with the tether, one without. https://www.dragracersat.com/ https://www.dragracersat.com/