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US issues first ever fine for space junk to Dish Network (www.bbc.com)

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[-] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I don't know nt get it. They only moved it half the distance that they needed, because it ran out of fuel. It's a relatively short distance and I'd expect space movement to keep moving, after I initiated, as there is no friction. Why did it stop moving once they were headed away?

[-] IndefiniteBen@leminal.space 3 points 2 years ago

186 miles further from Earth, but at the end of its life in 2022 had moved it only 76 miles after it lost fuel.

My emphasis.
The satellite is orbiting Earth and to move further away from something you're orbiting, you need to raise your orbit. This basically means you need to go faster in the direction of orbit in order to move further from what you're orbiting.

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