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Re:Kessler Syndrome by woodandsteel on Thursday February 13, 2020 @05:48PM (#22322186)
SpaceX's satellites will be in relatively low orbits, which means that atmospheric drag will pull them out of orbit, like in a decade or two.

Even better, SpaceX's new Starship super rocket will make it vastly cheaper to put mass into orbit. That means it will become possible to put up a bunch of satellites that will collect dead satellites and other space debris and return them to the ground.

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Re:Kessler Syndrome by Rebelgecko on Thursday February 13, 2020 @11:32PM (#22323976)
For the higher orbital shells they're using, it can easily take 100+ years to deorbit from atmospheric drag alone
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Re:Kessler Syndrome by Ididntdothis on Thursday February 13, 2020 @07:10PM (#22322686)
I doubt it will be affordable to collect space debris. Space is huge and orbital maneuvers need a lot of fuel.
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