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Starlink quietly lost over $250,000,000 in burned satellites this summer. (tiblur.com)

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Not one major news outlet is covering the destruction of Starlink this summer. Though Lemmy might enjoy Elon losing more money.

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[–] lte678@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The difference between an orbit that lasts 5 years and one that lasts a hundred is approximately 100-200km, the limit is quite sharp and actually quite tricky to get exactly right. That will cost you about a millisecond or two in latency tops. It is more likely that SpaceX is required to adhere to rules made by the FCC/FAA.

[–] ripcord@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

550km height is partly to ensure that they WILL deorbit in a reasonable time if failed or EOL. Which is important for such a huge number of (relatively cheap) satellites.