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Starlink v2 satelites will ruin science. (feddit.org)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

In any case, a catastrophic multi-sat collision would only result in a meteor shower

Previous collisions have resulted in debris that intersected with higher orbits. While those debris themselves will decay, if they collide with something in a higher orbit, a significant portion of the resulting debris will be there for a very long time.

Look at the apogees resulting from a major collision in 2009 in fig 3 on page 2