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Another thing to think about is SpaceX's customers don't buy the rockets, they buy the launch. So every first stage a customer pays SpaceX to build, once it co
by agildehaus 10y ago
Another thing to think about is SpaceX's customers don't buy the rockets, they buy the launch. So every first stage a customer pays SpaceX to build, once it completes it main mission, is now a stage SpaceX can use for their own purpose
... like building a LEO constellation of 11,943 satellites.
- AstralStorm 10y agoWhy would you want that much trash in LEO?
- justinjlynn 10y agoBecause it doesn't have to stay there.
- Kubuxu 10y agoLEO in most cases decay by themselves as for small amounts of air still being present. This means that LEO trash will burn in the atmosphere sooner or later.
- gnode 10y agoTrash in LEO goes away; trash in GEO doesn't. The LEO satellite constellation replaces (with much lower latency, and greater locality) a bunch of GEO satellites.