• fartographer@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    Why would we cut the power before deorbiting them? But if you wanna be more aggressive like that, then how about a magnifying glass to focus sunlight on the satellite like a bully to ants?

    Maybe exchange energy with some sort of maneuver to stay in orbit longer?

    “No officer, I did not ‘run into their car…’ I improved their gas mileage by exchanging energy.”