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you mean all these Chinese company are actually firing some TOY sat to orbit, which can only last a very short time? That's weird, this sounds like throw the m
by momofarm 8y ago
you mean all these Chinese company are actually firing some TOY sat to orbit, which can only last a very short time?
That's weird, this sounds like throw the money to ocean and hope you can get it back with some profit.....
- pjc50 8y ago"Short" in this case may mean a few years. Compare with SpaceX's test communications satellites, with a lifetime of six months: https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/microsat-2.htm https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/microsat-2.htm Lower orbits are cheaper to reach, and just like cellphones the high turnover of technology means that they will become obsolete quickly too. Today you might want a ""5G"" base station in space (+), in a few years time you'll want a ""6G"" one. (+) this is an analogy
- momofarm 8y agomaybe someone should invest a company of cleaning space trash / iRobot in space or something like that to deal with these wreckage we shoot up in space. Although space is quite big / endless, but the surface area of our earth in space isn't that big enough.