"LeoLabs detected a fragment creation event involving SpaceX Starlink 34343 on 29 March 2026.

LeoLabs Global Radar Network immediately detected tens of objects in the vicinity of the satellite after the event, [..] likely caused by an internal energetic source rather than a collision with space debris or another object.

Our analysis indicates this event is similar to a previous event involving Starlink 35956 on 17 December 2025."

SpaceX satellites just out there exploding, nbd. #KesslerSyndrome

🛰️ Blue Origin applies to launch 51,000 datacenter satellites

｢ launch “up to 51,600 satellites operating in sun-synchronous orbits from 500–1,800 km, with inclinations between 97 degrees and 104 degrees, with each orbital plane containing approximately 300–1,000 satellites ｣
https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/20/blue_origin_project_sunrise_orbital_datacenter/

#datacenter #KesslerSyndrome

Sometimes I wonder if us reaching Kessler syndrome now would actually be a good thing.

By the time we get rid of it, we might've learnt a thing or two on what we should or should not send into space once it would become reasonable again.

While I know there's a lot of useful stuff up there, pretty much the only thing I worry about are scientific space telescopes.

#kesslersyndrome #space