@[email protected] to [email protected]English • edit-22 years agoGoogle and ATT invest in Starlink rival for satellite-to-smartphone servicearstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1136
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•edit-22 years agoWell the starlink ones aren’t going to be space trash-- they eventually fall out of orbit and burn up. Hopefully these go with the same plan
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•2 years agoThe main issue ATM tho, from what I’ve heard, is what this huge amount of extra crap is doing to us studying space from the ground.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years agoThere is that. The other issue which I ignored but is significant is the emissions from the rocket launches getting the satellites up there in the first place
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoGlobally, rocket launches are something like 0.005% of the emissions of the airline industry.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•2 years agoYou need to orbit them low enough to experience drag if you want reasonable latency.
Well the starlink ones aren’t going to be space trash-- they eventually fall out of orbit and burn up. Hopefully these go with the same plan
The main issue ATM tho, from what I’ve heard, is what this huge amount of extra crap is doing to us studying space from the ground.
There is that. The other issue which I ignored but is significant is the emissions from the rocket launches getting the satellites up there in the first place
Globally, rocket launches are something like 0.005% of the emissions of the airline industry.
You need to orbit them low enough to experience drag if you want reasonable latency.