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It's quite interesting how frequently Starlink satellites de-orbit (and how short a time some of them are up for) https://aerospace.org/reentries?field_reentry
by youngtaff 5y ago
It's quite interesting how frequently Starlink satellites de-orbit (and how short a time some of them are up for)
https://aerospace.org/reentries?field_reentry_type_target_id%5B%5D=32&field_reentry_sighting_value=All&sort_by=field_predicted_reentry_time_value&sort_order=DESC&format_select=tiles&reentry_timezone_selector=America%2FLos_Angeles https://aerospace.org/reentries?field_reentry_type_target_id...
- dkobia 5y agoLooks like some de-orbit in months! There must be a quite a lot of calibration/testing going on and I can’t imagine how expensive this endeavor must be. I am curious about the failure rate of these satellites at that orbit.