FCC Denies Starlink Low-Orbit Bid for Lower Latency - eviltoast
  • ShepherdPie@midwest.social
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    8 months ago

    This is a pretty ignorant take and borderline disinformation. Yes they travel fast. Yes there are a lot of them. No they don’t pose any risk of blocking space travel even if they all exploded because they’re not in a stable orbit where they can just stay up there forever. They’re low enough that they’re facing a constant pull back into earth.

    • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      Just for others, they’d all burn up in the atmosphere in a few years.

      So it may disrupt things temporarily but not long term.