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Mildly Interesting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

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

www.scientificamerican.com

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

www.scientificamerican.com

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Mildly Interesting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

SpaceX Starlink satellite suffers mysterious ‘anomaly’ in orbit

www.scientificamerican.com

Elon Musk’s space Internet company said this satellite, which appears to have blown to pieces, did not appear to pose a risk to the ISS or the upcoming NASA moon mission

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Doesn’t this happen all the time?

And even more so with Starlink satellites?
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  Only when the satellite goes out of the environment.
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    you mean you towed it to another environment?

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