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		Cthulhu_ on Sept 24, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: ISRO Mars Orbiter Mission: Spacecraft successfully... I read an article forever ago that a de-orbiting system could be as simple as a bunch of wires being shot from the satellite to the earth; gravity would tug on the wires and slowly pull the satellite out of orbit.

BrandonMarc on Sept 24, 2014 [–]

Atmospheric drag, too, I suspect. Especially if the wire has some sort of weight on the end of it.

Actually, that's rather like an anchor.

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