Comment on Ask HN: Did Google/Alphabet ever try to build a Starlink?Comments−stuaxo1yWe shouldn't be filling low or it with all this junk that's going to be obsolete in 10 years.What a huge waste of energy, orbital space and pollution of the upper atmosphere when these eventually come back down, Elon needs to stop.−bryanlarsen1yWe shouldn't be filling low or it with all this junk that's going to be obsolete in 10 yearsStarlink's cannot stay in their low Earth orbit for 10 years even if they wanted to. They have a limited amount of fuel to counteract the air drag.
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We shouldn't be filling low or it with all this junk that's going to be obsolete in 10 years.
What a huge waste of energy, orbital space and pollution of the upper atmosphere when these eventually come back down, Elon needs to stop.
Starlink's cannot stay in their low Earth orbit for 10 years even if they wanted to. They have a limited amount of fuel to counteract the air drag.