I’m with you on suspecting it’s a scam, but it’s also understandable. Low earth orbit is so much cheaper than higher orbits. Regularly launching small, low earth orbit satellites is really economical, and takes care of disposal too so requires very little on-board capabilities. University researchers and amateur radio folk have been doing that for decades because it’s cheap and practical - starlink just upped the scale.
I’m actually glad his garbage is low enough that when whatever bubble pops or he gets bored, they won’t contribute to orbital debris.
i’m still worried about the reports about the possibility of the satellites influence on the ozone layer when they burn up in the atmosphere. The effect is still not fully understood but the amount of satellites are scaled up a lot in the next years nonetheless. Once they are up there, there is nothing more we can do
I’m with you on suspecting it’s a scam, but it’s also understandable. Low earth orbit is so much cheaper than higher orbits. Regularly launching small, low earth orbit satellites is really economical, and takes care of disposal too so requires very little on-board capabilities. University researchers and amateur radio folk have been doing that for decades because it’s cheap and practical - starlink just upped the scale.
I’m actually glad his garbage is low enough that when whatever bubble pops or he gets bored, they won’t contribute to orbital debris.
i’m still worried about the reports about the possibility of the satellites influence on the ozone layer when they burn up in the atmosphere. The effect is still not fully understood but the amount of satellites are scaled up a lot in the next years nonetheless. Once they are up there, there is nothing more we can do