• echo64@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It depends on if you are okay with the night sky being flooded with space junk that makes doing astronomy harder or not

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        1 year ago

        That’s a rule for life: Always start with doing the very worst shit that is thinkable at all.

        Then improve gradually, but make sure that you talk about it every time. Every little bit of improvement is good news.

        From the very worst shit to second worst shit…

        From the second worst shit to third worst shit…

        From the third worst shit …

        From the fourth worst…

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      1 year ago

      It’s only junk if they are useless, which the functional satellites are definitely not.

      I think the dead ones come down pretty quick, can’t remember what the exact timing is from their full orbit though. (It’s weeks from their launch orbit)