Electrodynamic tethers speed up satellite reentry timelines

Electrodynamic tethers speed up satellite reentry timelines
By Debra Werner

Tethers Unlimited’s Terminator Tape lowered a cubesat into Earth’s atmosphere in eight months, while a nearly identical satellite without a 70-meter conductive tail is expected to remain in orbit for more than a decade.

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August 13, 2021 at 05:46AM
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