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They eventually re-enter the atmosphere and burn up, especially if they’re low orbit.
by hylaride 7y ago
They eventually re-enter the atmosphere and burn up, especially if they’re low orbit.
- greglindahl 7y agoThey aren't in a low orbit, the decay time is a lot more than 25 years.
- hylaride 7y agoUsually at the end of their life, the owners intentional change their orbit to burn them up. I’m not sure about OneWeb, but most of the new satellite internet companies are/were planning low orbit satellites to keep latency down.
- greglindahl 7y agoA "low" (LEO) orbit doesn't necessarily mean that satellites burn up within 25 years if they fail and are unable to do a deorbit burn. Of the proposed constellations, the lowest orbit so far is Starlink. OneWeb is much higher but supposedly the satellites are more guaranteed to be reliable.