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For the use of this tag, talk about how something deorbits itself, or makes itself fall out of orbit.

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Why does the ISS have to be destroyed?

The problem with the ISS is that it cannot simply be left in its current orbit, because there is a (miniscule) amount of atmospheric drag acting on the structure to continually slow it down. Since the …
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