FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoSpaceX satellites half the size of pickup trucks are falling from the skythenarwhal.caexternal-linkmessage-square62linkfedilinkarrow-up1268arrow-down122file-text
arrow-up1246arrow-down1external-linkSpaceX satellites half the size of pickup trucks are falling from the skythenarwhal.caFoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square62linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-square🇦🇺𝕄𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕕𝕔𝕣𝕠𝕔𝕠𝕕𝕚𝕝𝕖@hilariouschaos.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 days agoIs this not part of the plan. I seem to recall they are designed to entirely burn up on reentry.
minus-squareTai@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 days agoYeah this is by design. Beats the alternative of having every starlink satellite ever launched hanging around low Earth orbit long after it stops working.
Is this not part of the plan. I seem to recall they are designed to entirely burn up on reentry.
Yeah this is by design. Beats the alternative of having every starlink satellite ever launched hanging around low Earth orbit long after it stops working.
Yeah