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I read that those things' orbits degrade in like five years tops. So at steady state, for a constellation of size N, you need to launch N/5 of them each year, w

I read that those things' orbits degrade in like five years tops. So at steady state, for a constellation of size N, you need to launch N/5 of them each year, with the attendant fuel burn. Seems like that kind of pollution is a bigger long term worry than the short-lived junk? On the other hand, until it does fall down, I suppose it's a risk to anyone who wants to launch up through it.

smegger001 2y ago
They are like the size of a coach and the distance between them is is about 550km or 342 miles aproximatly one Washington state wide, avoiding hitting them shouldn't be that hard. You would have to try to hit them. Space is big.