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Astronomer watches Starlink satellites sinking to build a 'planetary barometer'

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  1. pclowes · · focus · HN ↗
    Any solid citations for "and has pushed Low Earth Orbit to the brink of the Kessler Syndrome."?

    I would be honestly intrigued but wary of just the usual Elon bad/good so all things he does bad/good narratives.

    If we are on the brink of Kessler Syndrome in LEO I would expect market pricing to reflect that.

    1. ck2 · · focus · HN ↗
      almost positive Kessler LEO will be triggered by Russia taking out a cluster by the end of the decade

      * <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;satellitemap.space" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;satellitemap.space

      * <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;platform.leolabs.space&#x2F;visualization" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;platform.leolabs.space&#x2F;visualization

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