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The press release specifically states the satellites will de-orbit and burn up by design.
by GregorBrandt 5y ago
The press release specifically states the satellites will de-orbit and burn up by design.
- ldoughty 5y agoyes, they turned a loss into publicity... while not harming future space operations... They turned a loss into a win-win, I think.
- HWR_14 5y agoThe press release states the same safety plan SpaceX has been stating. We'll get to see if it works (which I expect it to), but shouldn't assume it already has.
- Dylan16807 5y agoThe only reason they are lost is because they fell too far down. How could they possibly fail to deorbit?
- HWR_14 5y agoI fully expect they will. But I want to actually see it happen instead of just blindly regurgitating corporate statements that it won't be a worry in the near future.
- Dylan16807 5y ago> blindly regurgitating corporate statements Unlike a lot of their claims, this is basic physics. Why would you need to see it happen? Like, you didn't answer my question. It wasn't about what you expect. I asked how anything else could happen.
- HWR_14 5y agoTheir statement wasn't "this time it will deorbit" It was "as always, this and all starlink satellites were designed to deorbit". There is no reason anything else will happen (I don't know enough to say if there is a 1/1000000 chance that some atmospheric disturbance could add extra energy and push them up). However, as a rule, I don't want to base anything on Starlinks standard disclaimer.
- mlindner 5y agoPhysics decides that. There's no need to trust SpaceX at all. The satellites will deorbit within a few days. These things aren't magic. If a corporation says gravity pulls you toward the Earth, you shouldn't suddenly start doubting that gravity pulls you downwards until it does.