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Have we reached a space-junk tipping point?
- SilverElfin 1y agoWe are definitely about to thanks to the new space race. The SpaceX satellites are built to passively burn up in a few years. There are other countries launching constellations really high up - and they won’t fall out of orbit for a millennium potentially, which is really scary.
- bigyabai 1y ago> The SpaceX satellites The Starlink satellites* ftfy SpaceX handles a variety of payloads, not just LEO ones that burn up at the end of their lifespan. Famously the NRO satellites launched by SpaceX have an apogee that gives the Molniya orbit a run for it's money.