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So stupid question but I guess it isn't worth it to somehow push them up with small corrections/booster-like things? At least to save it for a few more years?

• lmm 4y ago
  > So stupid question but I guess it isn't worth it to somehow push them up with small corrections/booster-like things? At least to save it for a few more years? Yes, they send them up with a certain amount of propellant to do that, once that runs out they fall down. > What happens when they fall? Do they more or less burn up? Yes. They're small enough to burn up completely, and low enough to do that quickly rather than creating a space junk problem.