Friday, November 11, 2016

Sending a satellite safely to sleep

11-11-2016 09:08 AM CET


Down on Earth, everyone knows to remove batteries from electrical goods before recycling. When it comes to disposing of satellites in orbit, the same principle holds true: charged batteries or leftover fuel have been known to trigger breakups, a major source of space debris.

 

You are subscribed to Space Engineering & Technology for European Space Agency.

Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page.


This message has been sent to mantiskhiralla@gmail.com by ESA Web Portal, ESRIN, 00044 Frascati (RM), Italy
 

No comments:

Post a Comment