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NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 2 months agoStarlink will never be orbital trash in any meaningful way. If everything failed today, they’d all deorbit within 5 years. It’s only in higher orbits where shit gets stuck for decades or hundreds of years.
Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
You’re right. They’ll be atmospheric pollution. That’s what “burn up on reentry” means.
NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Well in that case, 100% of things that we’ve launched into space are either
1: Space trash 2: Atmospheric Trash 3: Ocean Trash
Except for the 1st stages of F9 and it’s fairings, and one or two first stages of some other small start ups.
xthexder@l.sw0.com 2 months ago
That does seem to be the point this thread is making: Going to space is really bad for Earth’s environment. SpaceX and starlink are just accelerating that.