Prof. Sam Lawler2d ago

Updating my satellite numbers for another talk. There are now 7,306 Starlink satellites in orbit, a hundred more than 3 weeks ago when I last gave this talk. Fuck.

(Numbers from Jonathan McDowell's website: https://planet4589.org/space/con/conlist.html)

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Show threadDr. Eric J. Fielding, PhD1d ago
@sundogplanets Even more amazing is that Jonathan lists 1111 Starlink satellites already reentered the atmosphere.
Show threadProf. Sam Lawler
@EricFielding And that's just the beginning! ALL of them are going to burn up in the atmosphere (or land in some farmer's lentil field). Stunning.
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