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[Eric Berger] After seven years, a spacecraft company is releasing its Otters into the wild
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threelonmusketeers sh.itjust.works threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-10
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Link: https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/09/after-seven-years-a-spacecraft-company-is-releasing-its-otters-into-the-wild/
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threelonmusketeers Moderator threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-10
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*Disclaimer: Not mammalian otters. Spacecraft to conduct observations and proximity operations on defunct satellites.
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WhoIzDisIz lemmy.today WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today
Joined: 2026-04-27
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threelonmusketeers wrote:
*Disclaimer: Not mammalian otters. Spacecraft to conduct observations and proximity operations on defunct satellites.

proximity operations on defunct satellites.

Sounds like coded dirty talk.
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burble lemmy.dbzer0.com burble@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2023-06-28
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WhoIzDisIz wrote:
proximity operations on defunct satellites. Sounds like coded dirty talk.

It doesn't have to be. They have some contracts to deorbit satellites. And some to go look at satellites for the purpose of hopefully deorbiting them.
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