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That's not great, especially since SpaceX apparently expected the component to burn up in the atmosphere. Given there are thousands of them up there, and all mu
by verzali 2y ago
That's not great, especially since SpaceX apparently expected the component to burn up in the atmosphere. Given there are thousands of them up there, and all must re-enter over the next decade or so, that's a lot of potential debris impacts on the ground.
- danielvf 2y agoNote that this was from a failed launch - this debris was not from old starlink satellites falling out of operating orbits.
- perihelions 2y agoThese satellites deorbit into oceans, not land, if they're functioning.