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[–] frunch@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Where will they go after they deorbit? Do we get em back?

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

They burn up on re-entry, at least they're supposed to.

[–] frunch@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Thanks, atmosphere 🙂❤️ that's interesting design! Will any of the debris reach the planet or is it designed to break apart in a particular fashion?

[–] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

Will any of the debris reach the planet

Not in a solid form. There may be some undesirable effects though at greater numbers, we don't really have good data. Here's a blog post by the European Space Agency talking about a couple studies on the effects of satellite reentry. Note that the satellites they simulated were significantly larger than the Starlink satellites.

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

My understanding is they're designed to completely disintegrate.

[–] BrowseMan@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

And by doing so, aluminium in them is attacking the ozone layer that is already having a tough time...