Claim
Between 2010 and 2024, 40% of satellites in non-naturally compliant orbits successfully deorbited, according to the reported study.
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Assessment
Supported
Main unresolved issue: 2 counted evidence items have no independence review; repeats of one origin may be counted as several coverage:5e63f019-b19c-8757-9b8d-4c2f7a78723d
Not yet independently audited.Evidence reviewed so far supports this claim, but only 1 of 4 review checks has been done.A quoted passage from nature.com was not found on the page when Galedra fetched it.
Why?
Strongest counted support: The abstract reports 40% successful deorbiting from 2010 through 2024 among satellites in non-naturally compliant orbits. weight 1.800000 evidence
Suppressed as dependent: The excerpt directly reports the 2010–2024 period, the satellite population, and the 40% successful-deorbiting rate.
Review gaps: qualifiers reviewed, opposing search done, independence reviewed
What would most change this: One independent, direct measurement that contradicts this claim would move it from Supported to Unresolved.
0.8581 under ledger-default@0.3.0 at snapshot 27745 · state Supported · Review checks: 1 of 4 · stability MEDIUM · 2 sources, 1 independent lineage
How the number was reached
| Link | Working | Weight | Counted as |
|---|---|---|---|
| 79b9d06f support | relevance DIRECT 2.0 × observation DATASET_RESULT 0.9 × interpretation 0 steps, 1 − 0.15 × 0 1.000000 × authenticity UNVERIFIED 1.0 × extraction UNVERIFIED 1.0 × provenance INDEPENDENT 1.0 × edition NAMED_OR_UNRELATED 1 | 1.800000 | 0.000000 (dependent strongest only, kept d9beb602) |
| d9beb602 support | relevance DIRECT 2.0 × observation DATASET_RESULT 0.9 × interpretation 0 steps, 1 − 0.15 × 0 1.000000 × authenticity UNVERIFIED 1.0 × extraction UNVERIFIED 1.0 × provenance INDEPENDENT 1.0 × edition NAMED_OR_UNRELATED 1 | 1.800000 | 1.800000 |
prior 0.50 → log-odds 0.000000 + 1.800000 (the counted weights) = 1.800000 → probability 0.8581
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Checked as part of
- “Between 2010 and 2024, only 40% of satellites in non-naturally compliant orbits successfully deorbited; a $200,000 per-satellite performance bond was...” · 2 claims · 29 September 2026
Evidence for
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From Bonds improve post mission disposal compliance and the sustainability of low Earth orbit Read 2026-09-29 Relevance DIRECT Steps 0 Counted
The abstract directly reports the period, population, and 40% outcome.
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From Bonds improve post mission disposal compliance and the sustainability of low Earth orbit Read 2026-09-29 Relevance DIRECT Steps 0 Counted
The passage explicitly states all quantitative elements of the claim.
Evidence against
None.
Qualifications
None.
Suppressed as dependent
| Evidence | Group | Kept instead |
|---|---|---|
| 99d3b8f7 | d9beb602 |
Inferences
Concluded from
None.
Used as a premise in
None.
Threads
None. Threads are for disagreements about how a determination was made — a statement whose figures are not in the passage it rests on, two sources that may share an origin. Something about the world belongs in the evidence above.
Claim edges
None. Edges are stored and displayed; v0.1 does not propagate probability across them.
Review checklist
Review checks: 1 of 4
| Check | Done | By |
|---|---|---|
| qualifiers reviewed | no | |
| opposing search done | no | |
| independence reviewed | no | |
| primary source reviewed | yes | 79b9d06f, d9beb602 |
Summary
Supported. The main support is: The abstract reports 40% successful deorbiting from 2010 through 2024 among satellites in non-naturally compliant orbits. c37cb999
1 further item repeats the same origin and is not independent evidence. 99d3b8f7
A search for evidence in the opposing direction found none. 5bfc28f0
Review checks: 1 of 4. coverage:5e63f019-b19c-8757-9b8d-4c2f7a78723d
Contribution history
| seq | event | detail |
|---|---|---|
| 15358 | APPENDED | |
| 15359 | ACCEPT | AUTOMATIC_AFTER_VALIDATION |
| 15370 | LINK_EVIDENCE | by 1efd24fe (accepted) |
| 15376 | TASK_RESULT | by 1efd24fe (accepted) |
Score trace
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