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   From: kludge@panix.com   
      
   Scott Lurndal  wrote:   
   >orbits.  Most of these are first generation.   
   >   
   >https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlink#Launches   
   >   
   >Deorbited satellites burn up in the atmosphere, in theory.   
   >   
   >A larger concern is related to collisions and the consequential   
   >orbital debris.  The satellites have made more than 10   
   >thousand propulsive maneuvers to avoid debris, mostly from   
   >the Russian anti-satellite weapons test.   
      
   The Starlink satellites are really really low.  Even low by LEO standards,   
   which is why they have such a short lifetime.... consequently they are   
   designed to be disposable which is kind of an ingenious idea but also makes   
   it easier to have a larger constellation.   
      
   Starlink really is a brilliant concept, but it's really a Teledesic   
   concept that Musk took over.  Musk is not a guy with a vision, but he   
   is a guy who is good at identifying and funding people with vision.   
   Think of him as a Carnegie and not an Edison.   
   --scott   
      
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