• Zron@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      Flirting with Kessler syndrome so you can land trick shots in Fortnight.

      The only benefit starlink has over transitional satellite internet is relatively low latency, you could have gotten a different satellite provider.

      Just because there hasn’t been a collision yet, doesn’t mean there won’t be. And there has been measurable damage to ground based telescope observations due to the constant stream of starlink sats overhead.

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        7 months ago

        There are plenty of reasons to criticize Starlink. Kessler syndrome isn’t one. All of the satellites are in such low orbits that they will decay relatively quickly without maintanance. As long as they have fuel they can move out of the way, and when they don’t they will burn up in the atmosphere.

        Them ruining astronomy sucks. Them fucking with Ukraine suck. A lot of other things they’re doing sucks. They aren’t actually polluting orbits in any reasonable interpretation though.