Lugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 1 day agoChina applies to put 200,000 satellites in space after calling Starlink a crash riskarchive.phexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up145arrow-down10
arrow-up145arrow-down1external-linkChina applies to put 200,000 satellites in space after calling Starlink a crash riskarchive.phLugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squaregandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·16 hours 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”