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Re:DirecTV races to decommission broken satellite before it ... by dvtrn on Friday January 24, 2020 @02:45PM (#22141756)
I prefer having technology to vaporize rather than collect.

The ESA is putting a lot of focused attention behind this very thing, to certain extents [0]

[0] https://conference.sdo.esoc.esa.int/proceedings/sdc7/paper/7...

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Re:DirecTV races to decommission broken satellite before it ... by fennecfoxen on Friday January 24, 2020 @03:24PM (#22142093)
Only for breaking up satellites already approaching the atmosphere, though.
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