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by ceejayoz 512 days ago
It wasn’t at orbital speeds yet.
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ricardobeat 512 days ago
Over 21000km/h when it broke up, compared to ~28k for stuff orbiting in LEO. Should still go quite far.
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ceejayoz 512 days ago
Yes, although drag is gonna be… substantially higher like this as well.
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InDubioProRubio 512 days ago
Does melting down not reshape metallic particles into ideal droplett parts ?
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ceejayoz 512 days ago
No.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/world/africa/kenya-space-...

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