Blaze (he/him) @lemmy.dbzer0.com to Buy European@feddit.uk · edit-213 hours agoReminder that an alternative for Starlink is needed, exchange between Musk and the Polish Minister of Foreign Affairsi.postimg.ccexternal-linkmessage-square133fedilinkarrow-up1988arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1983arrow-down1external-linkReminder that an alternative for Starlink is needed, exchange between Musk and the Polish Minister of Foreign Affairsi.postimg.ccBlaze (he/him) @lemmy.dbzer0.com to Buy European@feddit.uk · edit-213 hours agomessage-square133fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·7 hours agoTBH I think any more low orbit telecom satellite arrays than we already have are just going to become a huge problem in the following decades.
minus-squarezalgotext@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up12·7 hours agoStarlink is already being a problem currently, and it’s not even fully deployed
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·6 hours agoThis has been commented before. Starlink flies at a very low altitude, meaning relatively high atmospheric drag, and a very short period of time before their sats deorbit if they go dead, less than ten years. It’s nowhere near the problem everyone makes it out to be.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 hours agoUntil we find out that not nearly as much burns up on re-entry as assumed and they’ve been raining carcinogens for decades.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 hours agoI didn’t say it wasn’t a problem at all.
minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·6 hours agoOfficial statemens claim they run for about 5 years, deorbit anywhere, and do NOT always burn up in reentry.
TBH I think any more low orbit telecom satellite arrays than we already have are just going to become a huge problem in the following decades.
Starlink is already being a problem currently, and it’s not even fully deployed
This has been commented before.
Starlink flies at a very low altitude, meaning relatively high atmospheric drag, and a very short period of time before their sats deorbit if they go dead, less than ten years.
It’s nowhere near the problem everyone makes it out to be.
Until we find out that not nearly as much burns up on re-entry as assumed and they’ve been raining carcinogens for decades.
I didn’t say it wasn’t a problem at all.
Official statemens claim they run for about 5 years, deorbit anywhere, and do NOT always burn up in reentry.