Watch Satellite Parts Melt in Plasma Wind Tunnel

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Added 5 years ago by Shubnigg in Outer Space & Universe

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European Space Agency researchers melted parts of an Earth observation satellite in a plasma wind tunnel to study the effects of reentry into Earth’s atmosphere. Seeing How Satellites Burn Up on Reentry:
https://www.space.com/melting-satellite-video-combat-space-junk.html

Credit: ESA/DLR/Belstead Research

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