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The Space Force and US Space Command keep two separate catalogs of space object data that the 18th Space Defense Squadron uses to calculate the trajectories of space objects over time to predict the probability of an in-space smash up. One is public and made available through the website Space-Track.org, and the other is the high-accuracy database only shared with allies and partners who have signed formal agreements with SPACECOM. (While detecting objects in orbit is relatively straight forward, predicting future positions is harder, and keeping tabs on maneuverable spacecraft is harder still.)
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No image of an imaging satelliteâŚ
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Imagine that!
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New band name!
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Kazakhstan is his home?
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Bids for ISS demolition rights are now open, NASA declares
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The specs, which appeared on US government e-procurement portal SAM.gov, are for a vehicle the agency has dubbed the US Deorbit Vehicle (USDV), which will be focused on the space stationâs final deorbit activity.
According to NASA, it will be a ânew spacecraft design or modification to an existing spacecraftâ that must function on its first flight (yep, important that), as well as have âsufficient redundancy and anomaly recovery capability to continue the critical deorbit burn.â
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No earth-shattering kaboom?
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No, just burn, baby burn, followed by the traditional scattering of the ashes over Australia.
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Aw, like 1979 all over again 
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