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| coppercone2:
That would be 8 times more satellites then are currently in space. That is alot of liabilities. |
| rgarito:
Perhaps the same person who thought we'd never outgrow 640K of RAM? |
| Syntax Error:
Problem with satellites is they are not meant to come down. Even LEO satellites remain as hazardous waste for decades. There must be a rule to deorbit (burn up) a satellite after it's mission has expired. Graveyard orbits are just a way of moving space junk somewhere/some when else. Oceanic states may protest that the Pacific is not a dumping ground for space waste. A thought about Starlink, would a major earth bound CME leave hundreds of dead satellites in orbit? They are rad-hard? A concept solution? Space harpoon skewers 'orbital debris' https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-47252304 |
| madires:
FCC approves Amazon’s internet-from-space Kuiper constellation of 3,236 satellites: https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/30/21348768/fcc-amazon-kuiper-satellite-constellation-approval |
| cdev:
Those satellites are ruining astrophotography and increase the risk that an unobserved meteor could collide with Earth but Elon Musk couldn't care less. At the very least he could have simply painted them black. --- Quote from: madires on September 03, 2019, 12:26:20 pm ---ESA had to perform a collision avoidance manoeuvre for Aeolus because of SpaceX' Starlink: https://twitter.com/esaoperations/status/1168533241873260544 SpaceX Refused To Move A Starlink Satellite At Risk Of Collision With A European Satellite: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanocallaghan/2019/09/02/spacex-refused-to-move-a-starlink-satellite-at-risk-of-collision-with-a-european-satellite/#6e2c36d51f62 Aeolus is a little bit longer in space than the Starlink satellite. So we can guess what will happen with tons of LEO internet satellites and SpaceX' attitude. :palm: --- End quote --- |
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