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No. This wouldn't happen as space is much bigger and there are far more airplanes today in the sky than satellites with a higher more distant apart orbit. Thes
by SEJeff 5y ago
No. This wouldn't happen as space is much bigger and there are far more airplanes today in the sky than satellites with a higher more distant apart orbit.
These low earth orbit constellations will naturally experience orbital decay and at the end of their useful life will simply burn up on re-entry. They're explicitly designed to prevent Kessler Syndrome:
See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_syndrome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_syndrome