top | item 24794418 (no title) karkisuni | 5 years ago Ignoring the "0.9" satellites, this says 694 out of 713 launched so far are good. Is 97% success bad? discuss order hn newest shaklee3|5 years ago 97% success is very bad when the number of satellite is so high that it causes space junk, yes. See here: https://twitter.com/ProfHughLewis/status/1312021242900295688 JaggedJax|5 years ago Thankfully these are all in LEO and the vast majority are under a controlled decay, and those that are not currently were most likely placed in a specific orbit to decay safely first per your starbad link.
shaklee3|5 years ago 97% success is very bad when the number of satellite is so high that it causes space junk, yes. See here: https://twitter.com/ProfHughLewis/status/1312021242900295688 JaggedJax|5 years ago Thankfully these are all in LEO and the vast majority are under a controlled decay, and those that are not currently were most likely placed in a specific orbit to decay safely first per your starbad link.
JaggedJax|5 years ago Thankfully these are all in LEO and the vast majority are under a controlled decay, and those that are not currently were most likely placed in a specific orbit to decay safely first per your starbad link.
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