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I was curious about that: 44 tonnes of meteorite per day falls into the atmosphere! [1] There are 8000 satellites in orbit (including dead ones). Seems like m
by EnigmaFlare 3y ago
I was curious about that:
44 tonnes of meteorite per day falls into the atmosphere! [1]
There are 8000 satellites in orbit (including dead ones). Seems like most are under 1 tonne. That's 8000 tonnes maximum so if it all comes down in 1 year (somehow), it's less than the mass of meteorites for that year.
[1] https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/meteors-meteorites/ https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/meteors-meteorites/
- rini17 3y agoSome spectral lines are much more prominent, some elements/molecules will stay there longer, it can't be compared only by weight. Also, if Starship is successful as planned, means on average several tons launched per day, most of which mass to be deorbited just few years later. Starlink plans to deorbit thousands of satellites per year, V2 are 800kg already, likely getting heavier if launching gets cheaper.