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> meaning everyone of those floating satellites needs to be brought back down and modified Don’t they have a fairly short operational lifetime, thanks to incre
by deepdriver 4y ago
> meaning everyone of those floating satellites needs to be brought back down and modified
Don’t they have a fairly short operational lifetime, thanks to increased drag from being in LEO? IIRC it’s around 5 years. I believe that’s part of the reason for the high launch cadence. Worst case they just limp along with what they’ve got until they’re all replaced with new satellites.