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Re:SpaceX: World record number of satellites launched by m4rtink on Sunday January 24, 2021 @09:46PM (#25898472)
The Planetary Society Lightsail 1 mission was a 3U cubesat and went down really quickly from LEO once it unfurled its solar sail - IIRC it basically multiplied its cross-section 300 times.
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