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Decline, the Starlink sats have active collision avoidance, are in stable, known orbits, and there's a lot of open -- (edited)

Posted by TWuG Jan 29 '20, 07:46

Real estate up there.

They can be deorbited if they stop working.

Collisions are pretty unlikely

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There's a satellite near-miss happening today over Philly ... both are retired, but if they impact, it could be very hazardous to all the other ones. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 29, 07:57 2
- Pittsburgh. -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 29, 08:00 1
  - LeoLabs (which tracks this stuff) has an updated collision probability of 1 in 20 -- nm - decline Jan 29, 09:04
From space, earth looks like a junk yard. - Spawn Jan 29, 07:51
some points I read - decline Jan 29, 07:51 6
- Starlink sats rely on onboard collision avoidance tech - TWuG Jan 29, 07:59 4
  - Also, also here's an image of debris in LEO -- (pic) - decline Jan 29, 08:07 [Attachment] 2
    - omg that is so misleading -- nm - mud Jan 29, 08:11 1
      - Very. Space debris is a serious threat, but it doesn't look at all like that. -- nm - TWuG Jan 29, 09:20
  - Also, that email system? It runs on a computer from 1996 with software developed in 1983... -- nm - decline Jan 29, 08:06
- The Kessler Syndrome could become a very real event in the future -- nm - decline Jan 29, 07:54

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