At the end of their lives, most satellites fall to their death. Many of the smaller ones, including most of those going up as part of the mega-constellations currently under construction, are intended to burn up in the atmosphere. This Design for Demise (D4D) principle has unintended consequences, according to a paper by Antoinette Ott and Christophe Bonnal, both of whom work for MaiaSpace, a company designing reusable launch vehicles for the small satellite market.
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