minus-squareit_wasnt_arson@awful.systemstoWorld News@lemmy.world•SpaceX satellites half the size of pickup trucks are falling from the skylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 hours agoMost of the energy from the rocket that launched the satellite went into pushing it fast sideways. If you wanted to slow it down enough to drop straight down, you’d just about need a second rocket to stop it. linkfedilink
Most of the energy from the rocket that launched the satellite went into pushing it fast sideways. If you wanted to slow it down enough to drop straight down, you’d just about need a second rocket to stop it.