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Debris left in orbits below 600 km normally fall back to Earth within several years. The Starlink constellation is at around 350 km and below.

• forgot-im-old 2y ago
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  • delichon 2y ago
    You are right, it looks like I got a mistaken number from the Reddit (who could have predicted that). It says here that earlier this year Starlink was seeking permission to go lower. I wonder how that went. https://universemagazine.com/en/below-the-iss-orbit-starlink-satellites-will-descend-closer-to-earth/ https://universemagazine.com/en/below-the-iss-orbit-starlink...
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    • jajko 2y ago
      Don't look for cold sense in mr musk's adventures, just look at whole twitter saga. He is a overgrown child with brilliant mind but very little control of his emotions (on top or other real mental issues under variable control). My almost-5 year old son has in some aspects more emotional maturity than him. Doesn't mean that stuff ain't truth of course, but his recent conservative alignment has deeply personal reasons too.
      • kidme5 2y ago
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