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tx69er t1_jd0l4qz wrote

Reply to comment by Due_Start_3597 in 10 months after its launch by SpaceX, a $10,000 satellite made by students with off-the-shelf materials and powered by 48 Energizer AA batteries, is not only working, it's demonstrating a way to reduce space junk by lughnasadh

Some do, but typically not these little microsattelites. Little ones like this typically rely solely on drag, which can take a while.

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LooieA t1_jd2bv0h wrote

Scientific definition of “a while”?

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tx69er t1_jd6v023 wrote

Tens of years or so, as opposed to a few hours to a few days with a thruster.

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