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To: DoubleNickle
Space is vast and the likelihood of collisions are infinitesimal.

Space yes, but Orbital space... definitely not. There have already been several near collisions involving Starlink satellites and other valuable assets in low orbit. And space junk from failed satellite placement and launches are getting to be an unpredictable risk.

The total number of satellites launched since the 50s is only about 9000, but Musk has already got 1300 up and adding 120 more per month. Their failure rate was around 5% but is improving, rivals claim that the failure rate should be less than .1% to ensure future safety.

https://eresearch.fidelity.com/eresearch/evaluate/news/basicNewsStory.jhtml?symbols=TSLA&storyid=202104190631DOWJONESDJONLINE000052&sb=1

11 posted on 08/28/2021 8:43:01 AM PDT by fireman15
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To: fireman15

SpaceX has launched has launched ~1732 Starlink satellites to date and 98 of them have been safely deorbited. Skimmed the article you posted and it’s the typical Elon bashing from those who are threaten by the success of SpaceX. ViaSat is a horse whip manufacturer of broadband service from GEO and will be losing out big time to Starlink and Bezos, with his Kuiper paper satellite constellation, can only lawyer up as Blue Orgin is so far behind that they’ll never be able to catch up.


18 posted on 08/28/2021 9:11:55 AM PDT by DoubleNickle
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To: fireman15

Not one Starlink SAT has crashed into another object.
Get your facts straight.


33 posted on 08/28/2021 11:40:21 AM PDT by tennmountainman ( Less Lindell CONS, More AZ Style Audits)
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