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A Satellite Deployed a Drag Sail and Removed Itself from Orbit Five Years Early


creasing "stuff" orbiting Earth one big concern is what happens if one satellite hits another. The result could be an explosion, or a chain reaction of collisions, or the closure of an orbit.

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