Another Starlink satellite has inexplicably exploded

https://www.theverge.com/science/903906/another-starlink-satellite-has-inexplicably-exploded

by ColinWright • 4 months ago

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pogue2• 4 months ago

I'm very curious what's causing these to just spontaneously explode. Bad engineering? Or Russian "satellite killers" anti-satellite weapons, perhaps? [1]

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PopGreene• 4 months ago

Astronomers? I know they don't like starlink satellites. Might somebody have access to a powerful enough laser?

pogue2• 4 months ago

You're suggesting astronomers possibility destroyed a satellite?

Ancalagon• 4 months ago

But data centers in space will totally work

schiffern• 4 months ago

A rate of one collision per year per 10,000 satellites, in low orbits where debris is quickly removed by drag, is perfectly manageable.

Another Starlink satellite has inexplicably exploded

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