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Re:SpaceX lowering orbits of 4,400 Starlink satellites for s... by spiritplumber on Thursday January 22, 2026 @05:16AM (#46717337)
Yep. That's the things about exponential curves, it's a graph slowly going up until it's no longer "slowly".

https://www.thefrogdoctrine.com/p/the-29th-day

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Re:SpaceX lowering orbits of 4,400 Starlink satellites for s... by indoordin0saur on Thursday January 22, 2026 @02:17PM (#46723847)
This can't go up forever. There is only so much mass up there in orbit, and much of it is in low earth orbit so will fall back into the atmosphere quickly as it's trajectory gets knocked off course.
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