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11. AFAIK the Starlink satellites

Reply to Chainfire (Reply #2)

Tue Apr 5, 2022, 12:50 PM

Apr 2022

are programmed to self-deorbit when they reach their life expectancy or become defective. Even if the self-deorbit feature fails, they are in a sufficiently low orbit that they will necessarily deorbit within a few years due to atmospheric drag.

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