A Starlink satellite broke apart in orbit after suffering an unexplained "anomaly"

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A Starlink satellite broke apart in orbit after suffering an unexplained "anomaly" - Lemmy.World

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The more satellites are up there, the higher the chance one is obliterated by space junk or meteorites. The more obliterated satellites, the more space junk.

It’s going to be a massacre.

Those are in very low earth orbit, basically they can only take out themselves.
Yes, but collisions can always accelerate parts and new debris, bringing them to a higher orbit.
But a more eccentric one, meaning they go up and then nosedive into the atmosphere.