Comment on US issues first ever fine for space junk to Dish Network

breadsmasher@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Hubi@feddit.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Starlink sattelites operate in a low orbit that decays over time. They all fall back to earth eventually.

  source

  • KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Specifically i think starlink satellites do not have any boosting thrusters, the reason important LEO satellites like the ISS don’t burn up unless intended is due to those

    source

    • threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      starlink satellites do not have any boosting thrusters

      Starlink satellites actually do have Hall-effect ion thrusters, and can raise and lower their their own orbits.

      source
• Uniquitous@lemmy.one ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I heard they’re designed to burn up in the atmosphere. Probably not an eco-friendly move, but it beats taking a satellite to the head.

  source

  • MonkderZweite@feddit.ch ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Probably not an eco-friendly move

    Fine powder of metals strewn over a few km², there’s more coming from outer space via micrometeorites and dust. And that bit CO² in the Stratosphere…

    source

    • lud@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yeah but you also have to manufacture and send up the satellites into LEO.

      source

      • ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Also counterintuitively, you need some fuel to deorbit, which adds payload weight at launch and requires more fuel in the first place.

        For example, getting a unit of rocket fuel to the Moon requires about ten times as much at launch.

        source

        • -> View More Comments