That infographic is a very simplified view of a complex subject. Here's a more detailed overview: https://www.spaceacademy.net.au/watch/debris/orblife.htm https

That infographic is a very simplified view of a complex subject. Here's a more detailed overview: https://www.spaceacademy.net.au/watch/debris/orblife.htm https://www.spaceacademy.net.au/watch/debris/orblife.htm Bear in mind that Starlink is much lighter and "draggier" than typical artificial satellites. Based on publicly available data, I get a ballpark figure of roughly 20 kg/m^2 for the ballistic coefficient of a tumbling Starlink satellite. Just eyeballing the graphs in the link I provided, that corresponds to a lifetime of something like 2-9 years, depending on solar conditions.