A second Starlink satellite exploded in orbit

if, just saying, someone had a huge fucking laser and wanted something to plink away at, and happened to look up at night, most anywhere on the planet, ran the numbers and figured the odds, and well elo's stuff does blow up regularly

NetMageSCW• 4 months ago

Really? How many Starlink satellites have blown up? How many F9 second stages?

altairprime2• 4 months ago

There are a lot of better ways to present your point; for example:

How many batteries supplied with Elon Musk’s companies’ products have encountered an unplanned combustion event after light or no damage?

Does SpaceX use in-house or third-party batteries in their satellites?

Is their explosion rate of 2(?) per N, where N is the number of unexploded SpaceX satellites, plausibly still within the statistical ranges defined by non-SpaceX satellites given the data available to us?

Did the satellite deflect before it exploded or are the shard trajectories consistent with a zero-impact scenario?

etc.

DarmokJalad1701• 4 months ago

and well elo's stuff does blow up regularly

[citations needed]

salomon812• 4 months ago

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvim4rsNHkQ

metalman2• 4 months ago

no need for a citation, as anything ELO does that can be used against him is blown out of any proportion in the press, and this is a completly self evident reality, so n number of incidents multiplied by a rabid anti elo press prodcluces a haze, through which even elo, could shoot at his own stuff, and shrug given the cynisism and mountains of false news, that fog becomes tricky to figure out, and so ends up as a pivot point for those who are looking for new tactical advantages.

cozzyd• 4 months ago

Tubes must have gotten clogged

bombcar• 4 months ago

Filing “fragment creation event” alongside “rapid unintended disassembly”.

dragonwriter2• 4 months ago

A “fragment creation event” that was “likely caused by an internal energetic source”.

user____name• 4 months ago

And "surrounded by too much hot air."

manoDev• 4 months ago

Second? When was the first?

Is this an instance of weaponization of the LEO? No statement from SpaceX?

dragonwriter2• 4 months ago

When was the first?

17 December 2025, per the thread.

A second Starlink satellite exploded in orbit

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