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Don't be so sure: https://stuffin-space.vader.zone/ https://stuffin-space.vader.zone/ The Iridium-Kosmos collision fragments have been up there since 2009, and
by moffkalast 6mo ago
Don't be so sure: https://stuffin-space.vader.zone/ https://stuffin-space.vader.zone/
The Iridium-Kosmos collision fragments have been up there since 2009, and that's a massive spray of junk just from one disintegration in LEO.
- zamadatix 6mo ago"LEO" is a big place, those satellites collided ~1.5x higher than e.g. the maximum Starlink altitude and the debris lifetime relationship is not a linear one.