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Google and ATT invest in Starlink rival for satellite-to-smartphone service (arstechnica.com)
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[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Well the starlink ones aren't going to be space trash-- they eventually fall out of orbit and burn up. Hopefully these go with the same plan

[–] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The main issue ATM tho, from what I've heard, is what this huge amount of extra crap is doing to us studying space from the ground.

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

There is that. The other issue which I ignored but is significant is the emissions from the rocket launches getting the satellites up there in the first place

[–] Infinite@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago

Globally, rocket launches are something like 0.005% of the emissions of the airline industry.

[–] hglman@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago

You need to orbit them low enough to experience drag if you want reasonable latency.