Jonathan T Wojack wrote:
> So - if a satellite is in a rather large orbit, people will retire it by
> putting it into a larger orbit. If it is a smaller orbit - say 20,000 km
> above the Earth, to about 1,000 km - will they still try to make the high
> climb to a few hundred kms above functional GEO satellites, or just smash
> it into the atmosphere and/or ocean?
Only GEO sats are raised to dead orbit. Some military LEO sats are
brought down. Radioactive parts of some Cosmos are raised to delay
their return. Most sats are left to decay naturally.
> Do they do this to retiring GEO satellites, because they can't guarentee
> that they will be able to successfully deorbit them?
Probably because they don't have enough fuel to bring them all the way down.
My SKY VIEWS site, below, has been updated for this month.
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