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What is the failure rate issue they are having? I haven't seen anything about that. Is this referring to their early satellites being decommissioned? Does that
by JaggedJax 6y ago
What is the failure rate issue they are having? I haven't seen anything about that. Is this referring to their early satellites being decommissioned? Does that matter as long as their coverage stays the same since those were early prototypes and they are replacing them so quickly?
- shaklee3 6y agohttps://planet4589.org/space/stats/megacon/starbad.html https://planet4589.org/space/stats/megacon/starbad.html
- karkisuni 6y agoIgnoring the "0.9" satellites, this says 694 out of 713 launched so far are good. Is 97% success bad?
- shaklee3 6y ago97% success is very bad when the number of satellite is so high that it causes space junk, yes. See here: https://twitter.com/ProfHughLewis/status/1312021242900295688 https://twitter.com/ProfHughLewis/status/1312021242900295688
- JaggedJax 6y agoThankfully these are all in LEO and the vast majority are under a controlled decay, and those that are not currently were most likely placed in a specific orbit to decay safely first per your starbad link.