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> Am I the only one that thinks adding 4,425 is a bit much? Probably not; all such endeavours are met by fear. Allow me to further unnerve you; this is just t
by topspin 9y ago
> Am I the only one that thinks adding 4,425 is a bit much?
Probably not; all such endeavours are met by fear. Allow me to further unnerve you; this is just the first phase. The complete system, should it ever be realized, will have more than 8,000 satellites. And that's just SpaceX. There are competitors planning to launch systems of similar scale.
My wife called it the 'Cambrian explosion of space.' Effective, if not entirely correct, analogy.
- ddoolin 9y agoThe article mentions 12,000 total final satellites, but the other 8,000 operate at different altitudes/frequencies so they will need to be approved separately.
- greglindahl 9y agoThe other 8000 are going to be orbiting so low that they'll have to constantly raise their orbit to avoid re-entry.