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Re:Decluttering low-Earth orbit: It's time to tidy up space by eT8AZithxooKei6 on Monday January 18, 2021 @02:21PM (#25825425)
> "Passive magnetic attitude stabilization was performed by carrying two bar magnets to align with the Earth's magnetic field in order to provide a favorable antenna footprint."

Wow! I heard of this technique recently but I didn't realize it had already been deployed so long ago.

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Re:Decluttering low-Earth orbit: It's time to tidy up space by tomhoward on Monday January 18, 2021 @06:34PM (#25828054)
Dad is credited with developing that part of it!
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