NASA Explains The Satellite 25 Year Rule, And Why It Changed

NASA Explains The Satellite 25 Year Rule, And Why It Changed
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NASA Explains The Satellite 25 Year Rule, And Why It Changed

Satellites are piling up fast, and that creates a real cleanup problem in low Earth orbit. The 25-year rule was built to keep dead hardware from lingering forever, but the standard has changed as space traffic has gotten denser and the stakes have climbed. The original idea is simple enough: once a satellite or spent...