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That's a lot of satellites. What are they going to do with the deprecated ones?
by zingmars 9y ago
That's a lot of satellites. What are they going to do with the deprecated ones?
- derekp7 9y agoProbably plan to make fireworks out of them. Without periodic boosts, LEO satellites fall anyway, but I believe all new satellites are launched with reserve fuel for a controlled reentry burn over uninhabited ocean.
- lostapathy 9y agoLEO orbits degrade fairly steadily - without constantly boosting them back up they will de-orbit on their own. Because of that, they won't leave space junk in orbit. From how they describe these satellites, they will be small enough to burn up in the atmosphere and not cause any issues on the ground either.