Pastry in spaaace! Still, eventually they will stop working.
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NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoThey aren’t maintained. They’re a constellation of small satellites in LEO like starlink that just go up and eventually come down.
Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
If they stop working they will just de-orbit it early, or if they can’t cause it’s really broken, they’ll just wait the ~5-10 years to come down on it’s own.
CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Wasn’t it recently proven that the metals introduced into the upper atmosphere by satellites burning up depletes ozone? Its not a problem yet but maintaining constellations on the scale of cumulative several gigawatts of data centre would leave several tons of satellite burning up every single day. CFC Ozone hole is gonna look like a cloudy day in comparison.
NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I just wanted to add another note
Even if this ozone thing turns out to not be true, there are still all sorts of other things being burned up in the atmosphere that can have other potential effects. It all needs to be studied.
I wouldn’t be surprised if 50-60 years from now, if there is a real issue, that it eventually comes out that SpaceX or other mega constellation companies figured out it would be a problem, and just said nothing. Much like how big oil new CO2 was a problem forever ago and hid it.
NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I don’t think anything was proven yet, but something came out saying it warranted more studying?
Satellites might need to be redesigned around it in the future.