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Re:Tiny satellites ushering in a new space revolution by kerkeslager on Wednesday July 19, 2017 @09:43AM (#14804198)
Obviously, but how long does that take, and is that long enough that collisions are negligibly probable?

It's possible that the problem will take care of itself, but the information provided is not adequate to model the problem and prove that the problem will take care of itself.

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Re:Tiny satellites ushering in a new space revolution by panzagl on Wednesday July 19, 2017 @10:18AM (#14804407)
It's a Bloomberg article, not an intro to astrodynamics. If you know the orbit you can figure out when it will decay relatively accurately.
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Re:Tiny satellites ushering in a new space revolution by kerkeslager on Wednesday July 19, 2017 @01:28PM (#14806040)
I'm not asking the Bloomberg article, I'm asking the person who works for the company who responded upthread.
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