this post was submitted on 04 Oct 2023
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End-of-life satellites must either be deorbited or moved to a graveyard orbit. The issue isn't about wasted resources - it's having inert, untrackable debris in an orbit that could be used by others, rendering it useless and dangerous. It's not an issue for Starlink because they encounter a much greater atmospheric drag compared to most telecommunication satellites, so that issue is fixed with time.
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