Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 28 days agoA European Starlink rival’s shares skyrocketed 390% in a week — here’s whywww.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square111fedilinkarrow-up1165arrow-down13
arrow-up1162arrow-down1external-linkA European Starlink rival’s shares skyrocketed 390% in a week — here’s whywww.cnbc.comSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 28 days agomessage-square111fedilink
minus-squaremholiv@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·28 days agoKessler syndrome doesn’t really apply for purely LEO satellites. They all burn up in a single digit amount of years. It’s not something to worry about yet.
minus-squaresem@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-228 days agoOn the contrary, I think it is something to avoid. Imagine letting a single person ground all space launches for 9 years. And all the pollution that adds to the atmosphere. All the junk landing on people’s farms or houses.
Kessler syndrome doesn’t really apply for purely LEO satellites. They all burn up in a single digit amount of years.
It’s not something to worry about yet.
On the contrary, I think it is something to avoid. Imagine letting a single person ground all space launches for 9 years. And all the pollution that adds to the atmosphere. All the junk landing on people’s farms or houses.