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Starlink will be ~ten thousand pieces of metal, all on different orbits. Ignoring the whole "act of war" thing, everyone in this thread is dramatically underes
by ohazi 6y ago
Starlink will be ~ten thousand pieces of metal, all on different orbits.
Ignoring the whole "act of war" thing, everyone in this thread is dramatically underestimating how difficult it would be to shoot down a constellation that large. We can barely shoot down one satellite, at a cost of somewhere around a few million dollars.
SpaceX is launching 60 at a time, while each shoot down would be a fairly complicated logistical nightmare.