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minus-squarealtphoto@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up58arrow-down1·2 months 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.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·2 months agoThat’s mostly musk too: https://phys.org/news/2025-07-satellite-constellations-bright-threaten-astronomy.html
minus-squareturtlesareneat@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·2 months 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-up8·2 months agoNot much remains of them upon reentry. At least nothing that can be called e-waste.
minus-squareZaktor@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThat’s the company line, but they’re finding big pieces in fields in Canada.
minus-squareThe Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agothey just aerosolize creating even faster global warming
minus-squarebrown567@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoWouldn’t high-altitude metallic aerosols do the opposite?
minus-squareThe Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months 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-down1·2 months agoDang, that sucks XD Should have made their frames with zinc alloy instead!
minus-squaredzsimbo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI thought Kessler-syndrome was the real kicker, not greenhouse gasses.
minus-squaredubyakay@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoLEO items can’t Kessler. They can barely keep themselves from falling back through the atmosphere.
minus-squareThadden@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·2 months 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-up13·2 months 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