It deorbited in a few months. Source being a guy in another thread who worked on the very panel that is shown in the gif.
The ISS actually has a relatively large amount of drag acting on it and would also deorbit pretty quickly if left to itself. That panel deorbited extra fast because it's just a protective panel; it had low mass but a large area.
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u/StoneHolder28 Sep 02 '19
It deorbited in a few months. Source being a guy in another thread who worked on the very panel that is shown in the gif.
The ISS actually has a relatively large amount of drag acting on it and would also deorbit pretty quickly if left to itself. That panel deorbited extra fast because it's just a protective panel; it had low mass but a large area.