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Bernardo de La Paz

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1. Seems that article headline grossly misleading

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Sat Apr 12, 2025, 12:53 PM

Apr 2025

I thought it was going to be a spinner on Earth, tossing them up into space, like a variation on a rail gun. Nope. It is merely distribution while already in orbit.

And 70 kg each is hardly "micro".

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US company to use giant spinning cannon to blast hundreds of pancake-like 'microsatellites' into space [View all] Judi Lynn Apr 2025 OP

Seems that article headline grossly misleading Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2025 #1

It's precisely an Earth-based spinner. Igel Apr 2025 #3

Thanks. I was fooled by the picture. . . .nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2025 #4

More space pollution JoseBalow Apr 2025 #2

Yes. Plus flat wide has more surface area than a sphere and thus reflects more light. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2025 #5