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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo Starlink fell
out of the sky??? What's up?
Just got a text from a friend!
jimfields33
(18,878 posts)Abnredleg
(951 posts)Old ones are routinely deorbited.
https://satellitemap.space/satellites.html
allegorical oracle
(3,070 posts)flares. The sun's been in a natural, overly active cycle during which sunspots explode. The resulting flares surge toward earth and cause magnetic drag on satellites. The satellites slow down in orbit and gradually descend. Many, if not most, have a small fuel supply that can be manually activated from earth to keep them at proper orbit speed, but once the fuel's exhausted, they fall and burn up in the earth's atmosphere. The current cycle is due to end in a couple years.
Oh, and would add those same magnetic flares are enabling more regions of earth to see Auroras (Northern Lights).
samplegirl
(12,079 posts)Never knew this.
duncang
(3,599 posts)Eloon wants to manufacture a rocket a day. Between the pollution the rockets make, the sky pollution, and air pollution from them burning up in the atmosphere were screwed with him influencing our government.
ultralite001
(1,139 posts)As these satellites burn up in the atmosphere, they release harmful aluminum oxide, which can harm Earth's protective ozone layer + alter its ability to reflect sunlight...