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Old 8th May 2023, 14:43
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wiggy
 
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This might be a bit of an "it depends", even with the crisp packet you've got to get rid of the orbital velocity so a lot will depend on the object's ability to withstand at least some heating long enough to reduce to it's floating down velocity.

The early balloon satellites such as those in the Echo series were described as burning up on re-entry...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Echo
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