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deanc
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KickSat: open source spacecraft project
What is the point of having thousands of these things floating around? (Serious)
beberlei
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Same q, and what about the risk of these hitting other spacecrafts?
JshWright
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They are very light, with a significant surface area, relative to their size. They were supposed to be deployed in a fairly low orbit, and would have re-entered the atmosphere in a few days.
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