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SpaceX blasts FCC as it refuses to reinstate Starlink’s $886 million grant (arstechnica.com)

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SpaceX blasts FCC as it refuses to reinstate Starlink’s $886 million grant::FCC doubts ability to provide high-speed, low-latency service in all grant areas.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Ok, but we already have all those satellites up there now. Please fucking tell me those are not going to become space trash, because I will fully blame the government on that one.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They're not high enough to become space debris

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Any altitude of orbit can become space debris. They just won't stay space debris for nearly as long as geosynchronous or high orbit.