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Subject: Re: [Starlink] orbital maneuvers 12 per sat in the last 6 months
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On Sat, 8 Jul 2023, Dave Taht wrote:

> A followon thought is possibly, as satellites are de-orbited would it
> be possible to take some debris down with them in some way?

not easily, you would have to collide/dock with the debris to change their 
orbit, and that's more likely to break off more parts than to catch things to 
de-orbit.

david Lang