Do small satellites enter faster than large one's ? This was on another list I am subscribed to. Very interesting point. Small satellites deorbit faster than large ones, usually. The surface area to mass ratio is higher on smaller satellites and therefor drag is higher and reduces orbital velocity. Remember the solar pannel from the Hubble Telescope that was cast adrift after it would not roll up? It stayed in orbit longer than they thought it would, but it did reenter. The Stardust satellite burned up about a month ago or so after no more than a year in orbit, again because of low mass to surface ratio. Most ISS trash would likely have a large surface area and minimal weight. It will soon lag behind the space station, getting lower and lower every day. Kevin __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send online invitations with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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