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Preserve Low Earth Orbit

2025-05-30 23:54:39.080139+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

Samantha Lawler: What goes up must come down: How megaconstellations like SpaceX's Starlink network pose a grave safety threat to us on Earth

LEO is a valuable resource that must be protected and shared in a way that benefits the most people while simultaneously protecting LEO for use by future generations. We cannot have tens of thousands of satellites in LEO without severe consequences for the atmosphere and an increasingly high likelihood of Kessler Syndrome, which will limit our use of satellites for decades to centuries.

Via Sam Lawler herself, who rose to prominence helping the Saskatchewan farmers who found SpaceX junk in their fields navigate international space law.

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