China’s megaconstellation launches could litter orbit for more than a century, analysts warn
China’s megaconstellation launches could litter orbit for more than a century, analysts warn
China’s megaconstellation launches could litter orbit for more than a century, analysts warn
China’s megaconstellation launches could litter orbit for more than a century, analysts warn
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The main complaint is that these particular megaconstellations are high up enough that it will take 100+ years for the satellites and the rocket upper stages to deorbit naturally.
Kuiper is an example of a megaconstellation at a lower orbit — 5 year decay time, instead of more than 100 years.
I get it and I am mostly against all megaconstellations but why are China’s any worse than Musk’s? They are all ruining space.
Whenever I try to talk about how China doesn’t care about the rubbish it puts into space I get downvoted and call names.