dantheclamman to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 months agoUS issues first ever fine for space junk to Dish Networkwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square80fedilinkarrow-up1782arrow-down16cross-posted to: space@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1776arrow-down1external-linkUS issues first ever fine for space junk to Dish Networkwww.bbc.comdantheclamman to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 months agomessage-square80fedilinkcross-posted to: space@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.ml
minus-square@kibiz0r@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglish2•9 months agoMeanwhile here’s Starlink with 25,000 near misses and accelerating, doubling every 6 months.
minus-squarechaogomulinkfedilink14•9 months agoStarlink satellites are in a much lower orbit. They’re an issue, but fundamentally not the same. As in, a starlink satellite that fails, also quickly falls out of orbit.
Meanwhile here’s Starlink with 25,000 near misses and accelerating, doubling every 6 months.
Starlink satellites are in a much lower orbit. They’re an issue, but fundamentally not the same.
As in, a starlink satellite that fails, also quickly falls out of orbit.