FCC Approves 5 Year Satellite Deorbiting Rule

Re:FCC Approves 5 Year Satellite Deorbiting Rule by MichaelCollins on Friday September 30, 2022 @01:38PM (#33038011)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQT5aMa_7iI

"Gabbard Diagram for Low Earth Orbit 1959-2021"

See how the stuff in the lower left corner speeds up towards the lower left corner? That's low flying debris falling out of space.

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Re:FCC Approves 5 Year Satellite Deorbiting Rule by ericbarrett on Friday September 30, 2022 @11:17PM (#33043503)

Everybody interested in the topic should watch this video (it's just an animated graph, no music). You will get a better intuition for the lifetime of orbital debris, and the impact of various incidents, in a few minutes than in hours of reading.

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Re:FCC Approves 5 Year Satellite Deorbiting Rule by mcBesse on Saturday October 01, 2022 @03:15AM (#33044671)

Wow, what a beautiful video. I really enjoyed trying to figure out what events and phenomena the different shapes/patterns in the diagram represent.

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Re:FCC Approves 5 Year Satellite Deorbiting Rule by wpietri on Friday September 30, 2022 @05:01PM (#33040741)

I am generally allergic to video, but that was fascinating to watch. Thanks for sharing it.

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