• WrongOnTheInternet [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    4 days ago

    I reread the article, I reckon it’s about satellites in general deorbiting faster to avoid a Kessler syndrome scenario

    Sean Elvidge at the University of Birmingham, UK, says this effect could benefit satellite operators like SpaceX by removing dead satellites from orbit more quickly that could otherwise pose a danger to other satellites. “It’s speeding up that process,” he says. However, it could limit our ability to operate satellites in orbits below 400 kilometres, known as very low Earth orbit. “It shows that could be challenging,” he says.