Dish Network will have to pay $150,000 for failing to move an old satellite far enough away from the Earth.
  • ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.deEnglish
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    2 年前

    Also counterintuitively, you need some fuel to deorbit, which adds payload weight at launch and requires more fuel in the first place.

    For example, getting a unit of rocket fuel to the Moon requires about ten times as much at launch.

      • ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.deEnglish
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        2 年前

        Yes, it takes little fuel to destabilize one’s orbit and eventually enter the atmosphere to burn up. It’s more difficult if you need to make sure that the craft doesn’t take others down during the procedure.

    • MonkderZweite@feddit.chEnglish
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      2 年前

      Starlink’s only have fuel because of the initial lower orbit, as far as i know. Wasn’t that to test them, for radiation and so on?