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https://archive.is/5ZljY https://archive.is/5ZljY Primary source linked therein, (.pdf) https://www.starlink.com/public-files/Starlink_Approach_to_Satellite_D
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https://archive.is/5ZljY https://archive.is/5ZljY
Primary source linked therein,
(.pdf) https://www.starlink.com/public-files/Starlink_Approach_to_Satellite_Demisability.pdf https://www.starlink.com/public-files/Starlink_Approach_to_S... ("Starlink Approach to Satellite Demisability")
- "On August 20, 2024, a 2.5 kg piece of aluminum was found on the ground in a farm in Saskatchewan, Canada, and determined by SpaceX engineers to have come from a Starlink satellite that reentered following the erroneous Falcon G9-3 deploy. The debris was traced by SpaceX engineers to a specific satellite and part – a modem enclosure lid of the backhaul antenna on a Starlink direct-to-cell satellite. This part was predicted to fully demise by both the NASA and ESA tools and is the only known Starlink fragment to have not done so."