Russia and China have developed a joint plan to counter the U.S. Starlink satellite communications constellation.This was reported by The Insider as part of a joint investigation with Der Spiegel […]
The Kessler syndrome was a proposed scenario, not a scientific study. A hypothetical.
This article is about countering Starlink. Starlink satellites are in such low orbit, they de-orbit by themselves and fall back and burn up in the atmosphere very quickly if they don’t correct their orbit regularly.
The problem is they won’t clean anything up.
Clean what up? The debris that burns up in the atmosphere?
I suggest reading the Kessler syndrome article on Wikipedia. The short of it is that not all that debris is expected to come down.
The Kessler syndrome was a proposed scenario, not a scientific study. A hypothetical.
This article is about countering Starlink. Starlink satellites are in such low orbit, they de-orbit by themselves and fall back and burn up in the atmosphere very quickly if they don’t correct their orbit regularly.
And the (heavily editorialized) news headline was to do it explosively. Not sure where you and I are disconnecting here.