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"As far as we know, no coordination or deconfliction with existing satellites operating in space was performed, resulting in a 200 meter close approach between one of the deployed satellites and STARLINK-6079 (56120) at 560 km altitude."

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[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Kessler syndrome isn't possible with these LEO constellations.

They are so low the debris would just deorbit themselves in a couple years.

It's the much much higher orbits where they stay forever that is the problem.

[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 3 points 2 days ago

Even the higher orbits aren't as big a problem as might be assumed. There are still mechanisms other than aerodynamic drag that clear debris from those orbits, they're just slower. And the combination of fewer high-altitude satellites and much bigger orbital volume make it harder to get a dangerous density of debris going in the first place.