• QinShiHuangsShlong@lemmy.ml
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    12 hours ago

    Not true. Starlink are in a very low orbit and regularly (1 or 2 a day) will simply burn up themselves as they fall out of orbit.

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      5 hours ago

      Incorrect, they don’t have natural de-orbit. They have to be controlled. They haven’t solved natural de-orbit, and every de-orbit puts more aluminum oxide in the upper atmosphere that will decimate the ozone layer in 15-30 years.

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        2 hours ago

        that will decimate the ozone layer in 15-30 years.

        🤦
        I always thought of de-orbiting just to burn-off as a waste, but now this.

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      7 hours ago

      Which is also fucking horrible. Yeah just further pollute the atmosphere with vaporized satellites why don’t you. Hope that Fortnite battle was worth it.