Blaze (he/him) to Buy [email protected] • edit-216 hours agoReminder that an alternative for Starlink is needed, exchange between Musk and the Polish Minister of Foreign Affairsi.postimg.ccimagemessage-square165fedilinkarrow-up11.13Karrow-down17file-text
arrow-up11.13Karrow-down1imageReminder that an alternative for Starlink is needed, exchange between Musk and the Polish Minister of Foreign Affairsi.postimg.ccBlaze (he/him) to Buy [email protected] • edit-216 hours agomessage-square165fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•9 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilink7•6 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-square@finitebanjolink8•9 hours agoOfficial statemens claim they run for about 5 years, deorbit anywhere, and do NOT always burn up in reentry.
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.