Timeline for What is the likely plan to deorbit the ISS given its size and shape?
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| Oct 16, 2018 at 13:07 | vote | accept | Lux Claridge | ||
| Oct 16, 2018 at 0:41 | comment | added | Russell Borogove | @DJohnM The plan is for a reentry footprint that crosses the Indian Ocean, passing south of Australia and NZ, into the South Pacific -- a safe target region almost half the circumference of the Earth in length. | |
| Oct 15, 2018 at 22:27 | comment | added | uhoh | Welcome to Space! Here are some related questions and answer you may also find interesting Why is NASA planning to deorbit the ISS instead of reusing its newer modules, like the Russians will? as well as Why does the ISS have to be destroyed? and also Why would extra fuel be needed to de-orbit the ISS (if it comes to that)? | |
| Oct 15, 2018 at 21:53 | comment | added | DJohnM | The Pacific would be a way easier target than the Atlantic... | |
| Oct 15, 2018 at 21:12 | answer | added | Russell Borogove | timeline score: 5 | |
| Oct 15, 2018 at 21:08 | comment | added | Uwe | During a reentry the ISS will be dissambled anyway. Hopefully all parts wiil splash down in the ocean far away from any coast or island. If the ISS is dissambled before deorbiting you need the ability to control each part's deorbit. A lot of deorbit control units should be mounted before. | |
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| Oct 15, 2018 at 20:59 | history | asked | Lux Claridge | CC BY-SA 4.0 |