Timeline for What would happen if the ISS made an uncontrolled re-entry through Earth's atmosphere?
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| Oct 21, 2019 at 14:46 | history | edited | Starfish Prime | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 21, 2019 at 14:15 | comment | added | Starfish Prime | An object can re-enter at orbital speeds if you give it a sufficiently eccentric orbit, though that would be an odd thing for anyone to do here, under the circumstances. My point was that even if it did somehow manage such a ridiculous feat, it still wouldn't be earthshattering. | |
| Oct 21, 2019 at 14:13 | comment | added | SurpriseDog | There's no way for it to keep its current velocity. For an object to deorbit, it has to lose most of its kinetic energy first (one way or another). | |
| Oct 21, 2019 at 13:53 | history | edited | Starfish Prime | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 21, 2019 at 9:38 | history | answered | Starfish Prime | CC BY-SA 4.0 |