Re:One to two Starlink satellites are falling back to Earth ...
by schiffern on Monday October 06, 2025 @03:16PM
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Interesting. Incidentally SpaceX is probably the most likely to preemptively adopt those measures.
Of all the megaconstellations, SpaceX has historically been the best at being a "good neighbor," with low orbits for debris and lots of engineering to reduce brightness.[0] But hype around SpaceX gives the real bad actors a pass, for example AST is much worse on brightness,[1] and OneWeb and Qianfan are much worse on debris risk.[2]
Of all the megaconstellations, SpaceX has historically been the best at being a "good neighbor," with low orbits for debris and lots of engineering to reduce brightness.[0] But hype around SpaceX gives the real bad actors a pass, for example AST is much worse on brightness,[1] and OneWeb and Qianfan are much worse on debris risk.[2]
[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNc5yCYth5E&t=1717s
[1] https://spacenews.com/astronomers-raise-interference-concern...
[2] https://spacenews.com/chinas-megaconstellation-launches-coul...