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saberline152 t1_it4milx wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in China looked at putting a monitoring satellite in retrograde geostationary orbit via the moon by OkOrdinary5299

those are in LEO tho?

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koohikoo t1_it4oewi wrote

That’s correct, they aren’t really a major concern for space junk because they’re in quite low of an orbit, meaning Even if they explode, most of the debris will burn up in the atmosphere

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thx1138- t1_it4opgw wrote

Not to mention they're designed to have short life spans and continually be replaced.

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