Mastodon MigrationJun 15

RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/116755644758510150

Kessler Syndome Collision?

Apparently a Chinese rocket has 'broken apart' at an altitude coincident with some Starlink satellites.

What is not stated is the cause of the 'break up'. Which raises the question if the rocket collided with a SpaceX Starlink satellite?

Are we seeing a Kessler Syndrome event?

cc: @sundogplanets @AkaSci

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@mastodonmigration @sundogplanets @AkaSci Maybe but this orbit is self cleaning to a point where atmosperic drag tends to do orbit things. But SSO on the other hand where they want to put AI server sats stuff can stay up for decades or centuries.
The first Landsat satellite from 1972 is still up there.
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@Luna @sundogplanets @AkaSci

Yes. Starlinks mostly orbit at about 550 km. Natural deorbit from there is between 5 and 25 years depending on mass and cross sectional area. Above 1000 km where they want to put their stupid Data Centers In Space is centuries...

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@Luna @sundogplanets @AkaSci

It seems this accident happened at even lower orbit, something do do with cell phone stuff, so it may deorbit even faster.

They say it is below the ISS, which is about 400 km.