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> Number of these still functioning About 7500 Of which 3500+ of those are now starlink satellites. Really. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Starlink_and

• bombolo 4y ago
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  • nordsieck 4y ago
    > Now the fanboys will come crying. Why would the fanboys cry? Starlink is at a low enough altitude that it's largely insulated from Kessler syndrome. Even if the satellites fail, they'll deorbit in 5-10 years; that doesn't sound like a short time, but space is very, very big; it generally takes a long time for collisions to happen by chance. That's fast enough that there is very little debris at that height. The real danger comes from constellations like OneWeb or Telesat Lightspeed (planned) where the orbital altitude is so high that failed satellites (one has already happened for OneWeb) will remain in orbit functionally forever.
    • bombolo 4y ago
      > Why would the fanboys cry? I imagine they cry and that's why they downvote me every time i dare to say something other than praise for our lord jesu ehm elon.
    • youngtaff 4y ago
      Yeh but what will they do to the upped atmosphere are they burn up?