dantheclamman to TechnologyEnglish • 1 year agoUS issues first ever fine for space junk to Dish Networkwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square80arrow-up1783arrow-down16cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoMeanwhile here’s Starlink with 25,000 near misses and accelerating, doubling every 6 months.
minus-squarechaogomulinkfedilink14•1 year agoStarlink satellites are in a much lower orbit. They’re an issue, but fundamentally not the same. As in, a starlink satellite that fails, also quickly falls out of orbit.
Meanwhile here’s Starlink with 25,000 near misses and accelerating, doubling every 6 months.
Starlink satellites are in a much lower orbit. They’re an issue, but fundamentally not the same.
As in, a starlink satellite that fails, also quickly falls out of orbit.