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minus-squarealtphoto@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up59arrow-down1·1 year agoA few days ago I was watching stars with a friend and every few minutes we would see satellite after satellite. Yeah that was distracting.
minus-squaresuburban_hillbilly@lemmy.mldeleted by creatorlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·1 year agoThat’s mostly musk too: https://phys.org/news/2025-07-satellite-constellations-bright-threaten-astronomy.html
minus-squareturtlesareneat@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·1 year agoTheir future e-waste is now part of the view, just gotta accept it and hope the billboards up there aren’t developed in our lifetime.
minus-squaredubyakay@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoNot much remains of them upon reentry. At least nothing that can be called e-waste.
minus-squareZaktor@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThat’s the company line, but they’re finding big pieces in fields in Canada.
minus-squareThe D Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agothey just aerosolize creating even faster global warming
minus-squarebrown567@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoWouldn’t high-altitude metallic aerosols do the opposite?
minus-squareThe D Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agounfortunately no. per my understanding the problem with starlink satellites burning up on re-entry are two fold: the aerosolized aluminum retains heat, not reflects it the aerosolized aluminum reacts with ozone, damaging a critical protective layer against the greenhouse effect
minus-squarebrown567@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·1 year agoDang, that sucks XD Should have made their frames with zinc alloy instead!
minus-squaredzsimbo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI thought Kessler-syndrome was the real kicker, not greenhouse gasses.
minus-squaredubyakay@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoLEO items can’t Kessler. They can barely keep themselves from falling back through the atmosphere.
minus-squareThadden@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·1 year agoYeah right?? It’s so crazy how many satellites there are nowadays. We used to play with my friends when we were younger to spot them. Now it’s harder not to see one. And the sad part is it’s going to get much worse probably.
minus-squarejohnwicksdog@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 year agoSame here, I would rarely see a satellite and mostly only during dusk. Two nights ago I was participating in a star gazing activity as par of a birthday party and it’s busy up there now
A few days ago I was watching stars with a friend and every few minutes we would see satellite after satellite. Yeah that was distracting.
That’s mostly musk too: https://phys.org/news/2025-07-satellite-constellations-bright-threaten-astronomy.html
Their future e-waste is now part of the view, just gotta accept it and hope the billboards up there aren’t developed in our lifetime.
Not much remains of them upon reentry. At least nothing that can be called e-waste.
That’s the company line, but they’re finding big pieces in fields in Canada.
they just aerosolize creating even faster global warming
Wouldn’t high-altitude metallic aerosols do the opposite?
unfortunately no. per my understanding the problem with starlink satellites burning up on re-entry are two fold:
Dang, that sucks XD
Should have made their frames with zinc alloy instead!
I thought Kessler-syndrome was the real kicker, not greenhouse gasses.
LEO items can’t Kessler. They can barely keep themselves from falling back through the atmosphere.
Yeah right?? It’s so crazy how many satellites there are nowadays.
We used to play with my friends when we were younger to spot them. Now it’s harder not to see one.
And the sad part is it’s going to get much worse probably.
Same here, I would rarely see a satellite and mostly only during dusk. Two nights ago I was participating in a star gazing activity as par of a birthday party and it’s busy up there now