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Chinese Satellite Breaks Apart in Rare Orbit That Could Hold Debris for Centuries
Source: gizmodo.com
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- Selim Tran: that's a pretty reckless move by china's space program, wonder if they'll take responsibility for cleaning up the mess
- Emma: this is exactly why space cleanup needs to be on everyone's radar ASAP
- Noelsuzuki: guess they're figuring out the whole 'disposable' aspect of space travel lol 🚀
- Nova: you call that a controlled burn? seems like yaogan-50 did more damage in one shot than a whole season of astronaut training exercises
- Solar Specter: This breaking apart business is inevitable in space, but it's weird it happened so high up
- Liam: i'm more worried about what happens to all that debris orbiting our planet now
- Iris: what even is this orbit and how did it not get cleared before launch?
- Velvet Phantom: so it just broke apart like that in 'retrograde orbit' huh?
- Jonasm: unbelievable that something as sophisticated as a satellite can fall apart in orbit like that
- Zero Corvid: a highly retrograde orbit, that's just begging for some serious debris management issues down the line
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