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Starlink satellites are designed to completely burn up upon reentry, but every few months there are news reports about space debris impacting Earth.

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[–] RNAi@hexbear.net 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

8000 starlink satellites

Holy shit with those numbers is bound to happen

[–] SeitanicMechanic@hexbear.net 9 points 1 week ago

From what I read about the whole thing back when I was sort of interested, all the satellites have to be inserted into a VERY low earth orbit to be operable. So, barring numbers, they'll be falling through the sky constantly simply because the design is short-lived by its very nature. Makes sense why Elon would be into it so much. If he can get governments to invest in it, it would be a constant revenue stream. A money pit, if you will.