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SpaceX staff in Saskatchewan to collect debris found on farmer's field
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- mensetmanusman 2y agoWill be super interesting what materials are required to make burn up easier so this never happens. Disappearing satellites.
- ijustlovemath 2y agoThis is most smaller satellites, but all satellites must pass a burn up evaluation by the FCC and FAA before getting permission to fly. We had trouble getting one of our satellites up because it had a steel vacuum chamber for mass spec, and the FCC argued the thickness of the walls and materials used (steel) made it too difficult to burn up
- mensetmanusman 2y agoWhy can’t you use plastic for the vacuum chamber?
- ijustlovemath 2y agoThe design of the vacuum chamber predates my time, but I'd imagine it has something to with the quality of the spectroscopy data you can collect in that environment.
- aaron695 2y ago[dead]
- baegi 2y agoThose articles pop up every now and then, and it usually turns out to be the cargo trunk of the Dragon spacecraft, which gets jettisoned before the craft performs its reentry maneuver. The trunk comes down usually a few months later. It survives reentry due to its low density carbon construction. Starlink satellites, of which there are thousands in orbit, are designed to burn up on reentry.
- rvnx 2y ago44 kg, could be rather dangerous if it falls in the wrong place :|