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Reducing debris threat from satellite batteries

Submit on Friday, March 14th, 2014 22:52

A new study by ESA’s Clean Space initiative – tasked with reducing the space industry’s environmental impacts on both Earth and space – aims to evaluate battery behaviour after a satellite shuts down, assessing the risk of breakup and ensuring full ‘passivation’.

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