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minus-squarefrunch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoThanks, atmosphere 🙂❤️ that’s interesting design! Will any of the debris reach the planet or is it designed to break apart in a particular fashion?
minus-squarealcoholicorn@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 months ago Will any of the debris reach the planet Not in a solid form. There may be some undesirable effects though at greater numbers, we don’t really have good data. Here’s a blog post by the European Space Agency talking about a couple studies on the effects of satellite reentry. Note that the satellites they simulated were significantly larger than the Starlink satellites.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoMy understanding is they’re designed to completely disintegrate.
Thanks, atmosphere 🙂❤️ that’s interesting design! Will any of the debris reach the planet or is it designed to break apart in a particular fashion?
Not in a solid form. There may be some undesirable effects though at greater numbers, we don’t really have good data. Here’s a blog post by the European Space Agency talking about a couple studies on the effects of satellite reentry. Note that the satellites they simulated were significantly larger than the Starlink satellites.
My understanding is they’re designed to completely disintegrate.