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General discussion => Satellite industry news => Topic started by: NewsHound on August 12, 2021, 09:21 PM
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Electrodynamic tethers speed up satellite reentry timelines
Tethers Unlimited’s Terminator Tape lowered a cubesat into Earth’s atmosphere in eight months, while a nearly identical satellite without a 70-meter conductive tail is expected to remain in orbit for more than a decade.
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Source: Electrodynamic tethers speed up satellite reentry timelines (https://spacenews.com/tethers-unlimited-terminator-tape-smallsat-2021/)