Starlink satellites are dodging objects in orbit thousands of times every month
Starlink satellites are dodging objects in orbit thousands of times every month
Starlink satellites are making thousands of avoidance maneuvers as low Earth orbit becomes more crowded, feeding worries that a catastrophic impact is inevitable. SpaceX’s orbital communication satellites performed maneuvers just over 25,000 times in the six-month period between December 1, 2022, an...
my favorite part is that humans have created an orbiting pile of garbage.
Not content with trashing the surface of Earth, now we have to trash the space around us too!
Have we created orbiting poles of garbage, or are WE in fact orbiting piles of garbage?
The answer to your question is yes
Maybe we should clean up space?
Perhap we should focus on cleaning up earth first :-)
Will need one very powerful vacuum to do that.
Make sure it doesn't go from suck to blow!
After being warned repeatedly since 2014. Whee.
Is it just Starlink satellites going through this?