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submitted 2 weeks ago by MashedHobbits@lemy.lol to c/world@quokk.au

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[–] KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

No no, they meant "broken up" as in what happens to deorbited satellites

[–] Railcar8095@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The term you're looking for is Rapid Unplanned Disassembly https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rapid_unplanned_disassembly

And no, it not a term invented by spaceX, even though they have a lot of use for it.

[–] KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago

I'm actually aware of that term lol (I used to spend a decent amount of time in rocketry circles so)