Lugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 2 days agoChina applies to put 200,000 satellites in space after calling Starlink a crash riskarchive.phexternal-linkmessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up142arrow-down10
arrow-up142arrow-down1external-linkChina applies to put 200,000 satellites in space after calling Starlink a crash riskarchive.phLugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square7linkfedilink
minus-squaregandalf_der_12telinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agothat’s actually why starlink uses very low orbits … in case they fail, they de-orbit automatically within 5 years due to atmospheric friction, so the orbit is “self-cleaning”
that’s actually why starlink uses very low orbits … in case they fail, they de-orbit automatically within 5 years due to atmospheric friction, so the orbit is “self-cleaning”