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33 minutes ago, magnemoe said:

Time to deorbit is an function of drag and mass, if you know the orbit and then release the payload you would know how fast it will deorbit. 
Satelite will also deorbit faster as its lighter, some cubesat has an ribbon they release to deorbit faster, ribbon increase drag a lot and cause an fast deorbit. 

Yes, exactly.  I'm just saying that they would pick a combination of drag and mass that will give a short time to deorbit, so it can't become an accidental hazard.

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