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		Symmetry on Jan 18, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Decluttering low-Earth orbit: It's time to tidy up... One cool way of de-orbiting satellites is to brake against the Earth's magnetic field with a conducting wire. This is actually already a product. https://www.tethers.com/deorbit-systems/

flipflipper on Jan 18, 2021 [–]

There were couple demo sats launched a few months ago. One with the tether, one without. https://www.dragracersat.com/

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