dantheclamman to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agoUS issues first ever fine for space junk to Dish Networkwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square60arrow-up1724cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1724external-linkUS issues first ever fine for space junk to Dish Networkwww.bbc.comdantheclamman to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square60cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.world
minus-square@Uniquitous@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglish9•2 years agoI heard they’re designed to burn up in the atmosphere. Probably not an eco-friendly move, but it beats taking a satellite to the head.
minus-square@MonkderZweite@feddit.chlinkfedilinkEnglish16•2 years ago Probably not an eco-friendly move Fine powder of metals strewn over a few km², there’s more coming from outer space via micrometeorites and dust. And that bit CO² in the Stratosphere…
minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzechlinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoAlso counterintuitively, you need some fuel to deorbit, which adds payload weight at launch and requires more fuel in the first place. For example, getting a unit of rocket fuel to the Moon requires about ten times as much at launch.
minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzechlinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoYes, it takes little fuel to destabilize one’s orbit and eventually enter the atmosphere to burn up. It’s more difficult if you need to make sure that the craft doesn’t take others down during the procedure.
minus-square@MonkderZweite@feddit.chlinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoStarlink’s only have fuel because of the initial lower orbit, as far as i know. Wasn’t that to test them, for radiation and so on?
I heard they’re designed to burn up in the atmosphere. Probably not an eco-friendly move, but it beats taking a satellite to the head.
Fine powder of metals strewn over a few km², there’s more coming from outer space via micrometeorites and dust. And that bit CO² in the Stratosphere…
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Also counterintuitively, you need some fuel to deorbit, which adds payload weight at launch and requires more fuel in the first place.
For example, getting a unit of rocket fuel to the Moon requires about ten times as much at launch.
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Yes, it takes little fuel to destabilize one’s orbit and eventually enter the atmosphere to burn up. It’s more difficult if you need to make sure that the craft doesn’t take others down during the procedure.
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Starlink’s only have fuel because of the initial lower orbit, as far as i know. Wasn’t that to test them, for radiation and so on?