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A Communications Satellite Just Died in Orbit. It's Potentially Dangerous Space Junk Now
Space.com ^ | 04/21/2019 | Leonard David

Posted on 04/21/2019 12:39:18 PM PDT by BenLurkin

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To: Campion

I was thinking of a separate control system designed to de-orbit the device in the event of primary control system failure.

Sorry if I did not make that clear.


21 posted on 04/22/2019 11:32:24 AM PDT by txnativegop (The political left, Mankinds intellectual hemlock)
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