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Starlink quietly lost over $250,000,000 in burned satellites this summer. (tiblur.com)

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Not one major news outlet is covering the destruction of Starlink this summer. Though Lemmy might enjoy Elon losing more money.

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[–] ripcord@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

550km height is partly to ensure that they WILL deorbit in a reasonable time if failed or EOL. Which is important for such a huge number of (relatively cheap) satellites.