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China’s Long March 6A rocket is making a mess in low-Earth orbit (arstechnica.com)
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[–] pennomi 3 points 6 months ago

The boring answer is that LEO self-cleans over a few years, so it’s not really the huge issue everyone thinks it is. Yes, all that space junk is a risk, but it’s low enough that China simply doesn’t care (and won’t until it actually causes a problem).