Comment on By 2035, falling satellites will kill or injure someone every two years, says FAA - Gizchina

Anduin1357@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• SmashingSquid@notyour.rodeo ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Someone downvoted you but you are correct. The report used assumptions based on satellites not even made of the same materials as starlink satellites.

  arstechnica.com/…/spacex-says-faa-is-wrong-about-…

  Among other things, SpaceX said the FAA’s debris estimates were based on a 23-year-old study of satellites that were made with different materials than Starlink satellites. SpaceX says its own satellites are designed to burn up completely when they reenter the atmosphere.

  The FAA report to Congress did include a caveat that said, “If SpaceX is correct in reporting zero surviving debris, as SpaceX reports in FCC filings, and Starlink is a fully-demisable spacecraft, the rise in reentry risk is minimal over the current risk.”

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  • HarkMahlberg@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    “If SpaceX is correct honest in reporting zero surviving debris, as SpaceX reports in FCC filings, and Starlink is a fully-demisable spacecraft, the rise in reentry risk is minimal over the current risk.”

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• SeaJ@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yeah, I was going to say that there is no way that could be correct. There are only like 8000 satellites in orbit. There is no fucking way that small of a number is going to be hurting someone every couple years.

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• treadful@lemmy.zip ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The people that put sats up have to calculate how every component will burn up in the atmosphere before they even get approval. Simply put, there’s basically no chance of anyone dying from these things reentering the atmosphere.

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• rambaroo@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Lol SpaceX. Why would I take them seriously?

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  • lte678@feddit.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Who wouldn’t? They are doing some of the most advanced rocket science on the planet. Of course, trusting corporations statements and research is an entire topic of it’s own. Taking Elon Musk seriously on the other hand…

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    • ohitsbreadley@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Because they are a corporation that is actively littering LEO with hundreds of satellites, and fear economic retribution and/or responsibility as a consequence of this kind of information?

      You see how there might be something called “conflict of interest?”

      Having a conflict of interest does not mean they aren’t competent at what they do - just that they have reason to be biased against information that may result in direct consequence.

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      • threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        While SpaceX does launch and operate thousands of satellites, this also means that they stand to lose the most if LEO becomes cluttered with space junk. If anyone ought to be worried about space junk, it is the launch providers. If space junk becomes a problem, their customer base vanishes.

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