decerian@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.world•Air Force is “growing concerned” about the pace of Vulcan rocket launchesEnglish
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2 months agoULA is already a private company. I don’t think the US government has done any of their own work to get to space since the shuttle.
After a few years the orbit will degrade enough that it’ll start to fall back to earth. At that point, the satellite will either burn up completely on re-entry, or partially and the rest will fall to earth.
Either way, each of these satellites will be completely gone from orbit after a few years.