• catloaf@lemm.ee
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    15 hours ago

    If it didn’t do a reentry, how did it get down from that altitude?

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      13 hours ago

      By landing?

      Reentry doesn’t mean flying downwards it means actually coming in at a high enough speed to generate heating. Otherwise it’s just falling.

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        13 hours ago

        I’m pretty sure any reentry from orbit is going to involve high enough speeds to generate heating.