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Target of European Space Debris Removal Mission Is Itself Hit by Space Debris
(www.bloomberg.com)
this post was submitted on 22 Aug 2023
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NGL, the number of satellites already in orbit is worrying. Even just since prepandemic, I can spot a lot more satellites than I ever could before, because of how rapidly we are adding them to orbit for things like starlink. I really really hope everyone has automatic methods for deorbiting dead satellites within a decade of expiration.
starlink alone has more than doubled the number of satellites in space. like, they alone have launched more than everyone else combined until that point. it's ridiculous.