How do satellites leave the atmosphere no problem, but burn up when they come back in?

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I just saw a link to an article about the Japanese designing wooden satellites so they burn up on reentry and reduce space junk, and it made me wonder how they get out of the earth’s atmosphere without being destroyed.

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Going up, theyre contained in a heat-resistant container, which it sheds when it reaches orbit. Since they don’t have that heat shield going down, it burns up.

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