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For those who only read the headline and the comments: Five of SpaceX’s Starlink constellation satellites are set to come burning back through Earth’s atmospher
by sempron64 7y ago
For those who only read the headline and the comments: Five of SpaceX’s Starlink constellation satellites are set to come burning back through Earth’s atmosphere, _an unexpectedly low attrition rate_ following the company’s launch in late May.
Seems like it's doing well.
- Litmus2336 7y agoFurthermore, only 3 are failures. 2 more are being deorbited as a test.
- londons_explore 7y agoI bet those 2 are also failures, but probably in other satellite subsystems. For example, if the solar panel only partially unfolded, there would be enough power to do a controlled descent, but not enough for useful service work.