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zwily 4 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Amazon to acquire Globalstar and expand Amazon Leo...

But Starlink satellites are low enough that we don’t worry too much about Kessler Syndrome at that altitude, right?

wolvoleo 4 months ago [–]

Orbital collisions are very energetic and definitely do launch debris into higher orbits with much longer decay times

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