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Comment by ricardobeat

4 months 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 4 months ago

Yes, although drag is gonna be… substantially higher like this as well.

InDubioProRubio 4 months ago
Does melting down not reshape metallic particles into ideal droplett parts ?
- ceejayoz 4 months ago
  
  No.
  https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/world/africa/kenya-space-...