Planet Labs joins Astroscale-led AIRS initiative to study atmospheric impact of satellite reentry
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- Planet Labs joined Astroscale’s new AIRS industry-academia initiative to improve scientific understanding of spacecraft reentry impacts on Earth’s atmosphere.
- Planet will share non-proprietary manufacturing data, including material compositions, to support higher-fidelity atmospheric modeling by the University of Southampton.
- The effort targets chemical compounds released during reentry fragmentation and vaporization, a research gap as low Earth orbit satellite reentries increase.
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