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

Cocodapuf@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• Kolanaki@yiffit.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The dragon capsule isn’t going to suddenly fall out of orbit somewhere unexpected…

  It’s highly unlikely, but the possibility isn’t 0.

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  • Blastasaurus@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    There are around 50,000 Starlink near misses per year.

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  • Cocodapuf@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Well, the chance isn’t zero, but that example, being knocked out (disabled or destroyed) by an asteroid has never happened to any spacecraft, ever. Statically the chances of that happening are very very close to zero.

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