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@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 1 year ago

Starlink loses out on $886 million in rural broadband subsidies

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Starlink loses out on $886 million in rural broadband subsidies

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The FCC decided it wouldn’t be the “best” use of limited funds.
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    9•1 year ago

    https://www.nasa.gov/learning-resources/for-kids-and-students/what-is-orbital-debris-grades-5-8/

    This is what people are referring to when they talk about junk in orbit.

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      Starlink doesn’t produce any debris, only the satellites. Now they keep the tie rods attached so they don’t float off. The reason the picture looks so bad is because each piece of debris in this picture is represented as miles and miles across.

      Space junk

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      Both of you are right. Space junk is an issue (Kessler syndrome), but that’s for orbits which won’t degrade by themselves, starlink satellites are supposed to be low enough that at time of crash they should mostly crash towards the earth and burn in the atmosphere.

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