▲ 747 ▼ Let them eat starlink! (mander.xyz) submitted 1 year ago by Gsus4@mander.xyz to c/enoughmuskspam@lemmy.world 264 comments fedilink hide all child comments stolen from https://old.reddit.com/r/EnoughMuskSpam/comments/1kmadyp/musk_is_hiking_starlink_costs/
[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (2 children) Not likely. Gravity is pulling it all in all the time. LEOs are at 500km. GPS are at 26,000km. GEOs are 35-40,000 km. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago Came here to say this in a way clunkier fashion. The orbit levels aren't even in the same neighborhood. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago You could end up with some elliptical orbits that send debris through those layers. But they would also likely make that debris more likely to enter the atmosphere when they come back down. Plus, the higher the orbit, the more space available in total in that orbit, so the lower the chance of a collision. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago Came here to say this in a way clunkier fashion. The orbit levels aren't even in the same neighborhood. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago You could end up with some elliptical orbits that send debris through those layers. But they would also likely make that debris more likely to enter the atmosphere when they come back down. Plus, the higher the orbit, the more space available in total in that orbit, so the lower the chance of a collision. permalink fedilink source parent
