@mastodonmigration I thought the Starlinks were a pain at dusk and dawn only as they fly low, so that for most of the night, they're in darkness at the same time as the observer?
Won't be long before China and several other corporations have their own constellations.
@guigsy @mastodonmigration I am so curious about how this will turn. Wouldn't it be imposible to launch New satellites without colliding with these starlink constellations? And thus generating more spatial trash orbiting the Earth.
@chicafisica @mastodonmigration There's less than 10,000 satellites launched. Imagine if there were only that many people on earth, how spread they'd be. Then there's many common orbits from 300km up to 35,000 km. There's very little up there at the moment.
The low flying comms constellations like Starlink are not going to cause a Kessler effect because they are too low. They naturally fall out of orbit in only a few years.
@guigsy @mastodonmigration thanks for your response! I would like to learn more, perhaps do you know a source or article to read further? Thxs
