PhilipTheBucketA to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 5 days agoThe sun is killing off SpaceX's Starlink satelliteswww.newscientist.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1111arrow-down16cross-posted to: drudgereport@rss.ponder.cat
arrow-up1105arrow-down1external-linkThe sun is killing off SpaceX's Starlink satelliteswww.newscientist.comPhilipTheBucketA to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square19fedilinkcross-posted to: drudgereport@rss.ponder.cat
minus-squareharrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down2·5 days agoGonna have regular Starlink showers at this rate. Should be fun. As long as you don’t get hit with debris.
minus-squareSasquatch@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 days agoToo small for there too be debris. Im more worried about the heavy metals being incinerated in the upper atmosphere
minus-squareharrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 days agoThe article points out that Starlink debris has been found on the ground in Canada. It’s only one in roughly 3000, that we know of. The more of them up there, though, the more will end up hitting the ground.
minus-squareinsufferableninja@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agowe get about 44 metric tons of material from meteorites per day burning up in the atmosphere. I’m not sure how much starlink moves the needle on that
Gonna have regular Starlink showers at this rate. Should be fun. As long as you don’t get hit with debris.
Too small for there too be debris. Im more worried about the heavy metals being incinerated in the upper atmosphere
The article points out that Starlink debris has been found on the ground in Canada.
It’s only one in roughly 3000, that we know of. The more of them up there, though, the more will end up hitting the ground.
we get about 44 metric tons of material from meteorites per day burning up in the atmosphere. I’m not sure how much starlink moves the needle on that