• pineapple@lemmy.ml
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    2 months ago

    There is an issue with that, if the starlink saterlites were destroyed they would no longer be able to make avoidance menovers. This could very quickly lead to a cascade of massive crashes that pretty much means we will never be able to leave the earth for a long time.

    • QinShiHuangsShlong@lemmy.ml
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      2 months ago

      Not true. Starlink are in a very low orbit and regularly (1 or 2 a day) will simply burn up themselves as they fall out of orbit.

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          2 months ago

          that will decimate the ozone layer in 15-30 years.

          🤦
          I always thought of de-orbiting just to burn-off as a waste, but now this.

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              2 months ago

              The researchers suspect this would help shrink the ozone hole that forms over the South Pole every year,

              Ok, so there seems to be a silver lining.
              A lesser Ozone hole during a certain period.

              Now just to know if the Ozone decimation is winning over this little phenomenon.
              Either way, the LEO satellites seem to be to big a mess for their worth, unless you are just considering their military worth.