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[โ€“] Carighan@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)
[โ€“] Zoboomafoo@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Starlink satellites are in a low enough orbit that a Kessler event would be short-lived

[โ€“] Player2@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I would advise research beyond a singular Wikipedia article

[โ€“] Carighan@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It was supposed to be a joke about the number of satellites used for this! ๐Ÿ˜…

[โ€“] Player2@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago

Unfortunately misinformation isn't very funny, since it could genuinely mislead people

[โ€“] c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Fortunately they're launched so low that any collision would almost immediately deorbit the debris.