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Buns_of_Fire

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2. That was my first thought -- that the "satellite" was just window-dressing.

Reply to Xithras (Reply #1)

Thu Dec 13, 2012, 01:14 PM

Dec 2012

It'll just squirrel around up there for a little while and unfortunately burn up on re-entry. Just as intended.

Of course, if the "satellite" tumbles into an existing functional satellite and takes it out, I figure that'd be fine with them, too.

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That was my first thought -- that the "satellite" was just window-dressing. Buns_of_Fire Dec 2012 #2

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