2 points | by LorenDB 2 days ago ago
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Does it operate 10k satellites? or is this just a launch tally and many of those have now been decommissioned
https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/satellites/a68967712/...
"Starlink satellites in low-Earth orbit are de-orbiting and falling to Earth at the rate of one to two per day."
cool, more airplane space junk collisions in our future. thanks.
The airplane collision is most likely a weather balloon from windborne systems
https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/10/the-mystery-object-tha...
Does it operate 10k satellites? or is this just a launch tally and many of those have now been decommissioned
https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/satellites/a68967712/...
"Starlink satellites in low-Earth orbit are de-orbiting and falling to Earth at the rate of one to two per day."
cool, more airplane space junk collisions in our future. thanks.
The airplane collision is most likely a weather balloon from windborne systems
https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/10/the-mystery-object-tha...