Comment on After losing over 200 satellites this summer, Starlink loses another 45 just in the past week.

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StarManta@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

Hating Musk is okay but this comment betrays a serious lack of knowledge of how Starlink works. They operate on the verge of losing orbit at many times (especially right after launch) BY DESIGN. This is so that malfunctioning satellites will deorbit quickly and not turn into long term space junk. The fact that hundreds have been lost this way is literally just SpaceX being responsible stewards of orbital space.

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