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Re:Amazon asked FCC to reject Starlink plan because it can’t... by BenjiWiebe on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @07:16PM (#28386748)
If there's no gravity, they don't orbit. If they orbit with gravity but with no atmosphere, they stay orbiting indefinitely.
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Re:Amazon asked FCC to reject Starlink plan because it can’t... by bigcheesegs on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @11:03PM (#28388240)
> they stay orbiting indefinitely

Not quite true. For example quite a few orbits around the moon are unstable and you will end up crashing into the surface. This is due to essentially all celestial objects not being spherical.

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