Planet Launches Satellite Constellation to Image the Whole Planet Daily

Re:Planet Launches Satellite Constellation to Image the Whol... by panzagl on Wednesday February 15, 2017 @10:57AM (#13652870)

88 small commanded satellites in a high drag LEO circular orbit contribute to Kessler syndrome in the same way that your production of CO2 contributes to global climate change. Your attitude is just as anti-science as that of people who think Jesus rode a dinosaur.

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Re:Planet Launches Satellite Constellation to Image the Whol... by titzer on Wednesday February 15, 2017 @11:57AM (#13653409)

I appreciate your very constructive comments on my belief system.

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Re:Planet Launches Satellite Constellation to Image the Whol... by oh_sigh on Wednesday February 15, 2017 @12:34PM (#13653705)

But the person you're responding to isn't wrong. These satellites contribute absolutely 0 to space junk.

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Re:Planet Launches Satellite Constellation to Image the Whol... by panzagl on Wednesday February 15, 2017 @12:36PM (#13653722)

It was gratuitous, but not everything humans do is bad.

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