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NuttyFanboy t1_j24s964 wrote

Reply to comment by Sh36fjk374fjc in SpaceX launches 54 upgraded Starlink internet satellites and nails rocket landing at sea in 60th flight of the year by ovirt001

Possibly. That's why there are regulations in place to either deorbit decommissioned satellites, or use the remaining fuel to move them into stable graveyard orbits. It's a real concern.

And then there's something called the Kessler syndrome.

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DukeOfGeek t1_j24vn4w wrote

Starlink at least is low orbit and decays and falls out after a few years so it can't really add to the Kessler effect. BUT....Space X is going to make it way cheaper to put stuff in any orbit, so peoples concerns about the growing tonnage in orbit isn't misplaced.

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NotShey t1_j277jfu wrote

>peoples concerns about the growing tonnage in orbit isn't misplaced.

Yes. Yes it is. People have no sense of scale.

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