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That's a lot of junk orbiting earth.
by ezconnect 3y ago
That's a lot of junk orbiting earth.
- pjscott 3y agoThose are functioning communication satellites, not yet junk. At the end of their (fairly short) planned lifetimes, they will use their maneuvering thrusters to de-orbit. And even if that fails, they're in a low enough orbit that they'll naturally fall out of the sky and burn up in the atmosphere about a decade after launch. Do you have any further objections?
- ezconnect 3y agoThey are still junk, their only purpose is military.
- K5EiS 3y agoI think you would be surprised if you saw how much debris there is up there. These satelites are at least providing value to people.