Ground-based and compact Chinese technology can disrupt or damage Starlink satellites operating in low Earth orbit.
  • ulterno@programming.devEnglish
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    19 days ago

    that will decimate the ozone layer in 15-30 years.

    🤦
    I always thought of de-orbiting just to burn-off as a waste, but now this.

      • ulterno@programming.devEnglish
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        14 days ago

        The researchers suspect this would help shrink the ozone hole that forms over the South Pole every year,

        Ok, so there seems to be a silver lining.
        A lesser Ozone hole during a certain period.

        Now just to know if the Ozone decimation is winning over this little phenomenon.
        Either way, the LEO satellites seem to be to big a mess for their worth, unless you are just considering their military worth.