Please more!!!

  • Kichae@lemmy.ca
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    14 hours ago

    Everyone and their dog wants to gunk up LEO with their soon-to-end-space-flight-forever space junk

    • Byter@lemmy.one
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      12 hours ago

      Objects in LEO fall quickly (months to single-digit years) without station-keeping, mostly from atmospheric drag. Anything we put there wouldn’t contribute to a long-term Kessler Syndrome situation. It’s geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO) we have to worry about, but once you’re up that high there’s a lot more room for everything.

        • mesa@piefed.social
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          7 hours ago

          Also introduces small amounts of bad metals in the air. It’s one of the reasons wooden satellites are starting to be sent up.

          • Jayjader@jlai.lu
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            2 hours ago

            Doo you happen to have a good, informative link? Or perhaps a company name I could look up?

            This sounds incredibly cool.