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Spaceflight SpaceX launches another batch of Starlink satellites from Florida (www.space.com)
submitted 11 months ago by Salamendacious to c/space
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Liftoff occurred at 11:20 p.m. ET on Nov. 27.

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[โ€“] Carighan 1 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Kessler syndrome intensifies! ๐Ÿ’ฅ

[โ€“] Zoboomafoo 5 points 11 months ago

Starlink satellites are in a low enough orbit that a Kessler event would be short-lived

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I would advise research beyond a singular Wikipedia article

[โ€“] Carighan 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It was supposed to be a joke about the number of satellites used for this! ๐Ÿ˜…

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Unfortunately misinformation isn't very funny, since it could genuinely mislead people

[โ€“] c0mbatbag3l 3 points 11 months ago

Fortunately they're launched so low that any collision would almost immediately deorbit the debris.