@Salamendacious to Space • 10 months agoSpaceflight SpaceX launches another batch of Starlink satellites from Floridawww.space.comexternal-linkmessage-square6arrow-up129arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up124arrow-down1external-linkSpaceflight SpaceX launches another batch of Starlink satellites from Floridawww.space.com@Salamendacious to Space • 10 months agomessage-square6file-text
minus-square@Zoboomafoolink5•10 months agoStarlink satellites are in a low enough orbit that a Kessler event would be short-lived
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•10 months agoI would advise research beyond a singular Wikipedia article
minus-squareCarighan Maconarlink1•10 months agoIt was supposed to be a joke about the number of satellites used for this! 😅
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•10 months agoUnfortunately misinformation isn’t very funny, since it could genuinely mislead people
minus-squareR0cket_M00selinkEnglish3•10 months agoFortunately they’re launched so low that any collision would almost immediately deorbit the debris.
Kessler syndrome intensifies! 💥
Starlink satellites are in a low enough orbit that a Kessler event would be short-lived
I would advise research beyond a singular Wikipedia article
It was supposed to be a joke about the number of satellites used for this! 😅
Unfortunately misinformation isn’t very funny, since it could genuinely mislead people
Fortunately they’re launched so low that any collision would almost immediately deorbit the debris.