Boosters, Dead Satellites - What Can We Do About It?

There's basically three different strategies for getting rid of the boosters. The simplest would be having them retain or have any different system just enough thrust that they can send themselves back down through the atmosphere. Alternatively, if they're only going to lower the orbit, you can have them have drag systems that cause their orbits to decay significantly faster. And we've seen some tests recently with this technology. So on one hand, it's really cool to know that bright streak of tether up there that I can see with my off-the-shelf telescope is a satellite doing something cool.