Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) was left in low Earth orbit (LEO) for 5.7 years before being retrieved by space shuttle Columbia in January 1990.
More than 20,000 impacts have been documented on LDEF, approximately 1,000 of which have been chemically analyzed in an attempt to determine the origin of the projectile. These measurements have provided NASA scientists important information not only on the micrometeoroid and orbital debris populations, but their orbital distributions as well.
Space junk: Worse than you think (pictures)
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Moderator Just set it in a deteriorating orbit
that will eventually drop it into an isolated spot that isn't an ocean. Then go in and pick up afterward.
And if we're lucky, the word on the location will get out and all kinds of wackos will assemble within the designated target zone, thnking they can dodge the big pieces!
And if we're lucky, the word on the location will get out and all kinds of wackos will assemble within the designated target zone, thnking they can dodge the big pieces!
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