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Re:DirecTV races to decommission broken satellite before it ... by ska on Friday January 24, 2020 @06:35PM (#22143401) 

   Additionally, it takes a lot of fuel to be able to de orbit high altitude satellites.
I don't think this is so much an a 'additionally', as a 'mostly'.
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Re:DirecTV races to decommission broken satellite before it ... by willis936 on Friday January 24, 2020 @08:30PM (#22144034)
Forest for the trees. The point is there is a crossover point in terms of cost/utility. That one word doesn’t seriously help in making the point.
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