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Re:Monitoring a high risk conjunction between two large defu... by mikewarot on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @02:58AM (#24773909)
From up stream in the comments, one was launched 31 years ago... so yeah, this stuff could stick around a while.
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Re:Monitoring a high risk conjunction between two large defu... by threatripper on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @04:44AM (#24774513)
For every 100-200 km in height the lifetime seems to increase by a factor of 10. At 900 km the lifetime of big objects is 1000 years. Smaller objects can still orbit 10s to 100s of years.
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