One often imagines that a deorbited satellite crashes at a specific location, as if a space agency could target a target with the precision of a dart game. Yet it is a false idea: no one knows exactly where a debris will fall before it disintegrates into the atmosphere. And it is precisely this uncertainty that has [...]
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One often imagines that a deorbited satellite crashes at a specific location, as if a space agency could target a target with the precision of a dart game. Yet it is a false idea: no one knows exactly where a debris will fall before it disintegrates into the atmosphere. And it is precisely this uncertainty that has [...]