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Re:'Space graffiti': astronomers angry over launch of fake s... by spoovy on Friday January 26, 2018 @11:09AM (#16240223)
This isn't 'space' though is it; its low earth orbit. I wouldn't care if they'd fired it into intergalactic space but they didn't, they just added to our halo of orbiting garbage purely to grab some cheap publicity.
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Re:'Space graffiti': astronomers angry over launch of fake s... by badwolf on Friday January 26, 2018 @12:08PM (#16240808)
They put it in low earth orbit. It's orbit will decay in about 9 months and it will burn up in the atmosphere.

It wasn't just for cheap publicity. It was a test payload of a new rocket.

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