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[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 57 points 1 year ago (4 children)

A few days ago I was watching stars with a friend and every few minutes we would see satellite after satellite. Yeah that was distracting.

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[–] suburban_hillbilly@lemmy.ml 27 points 1 year ago

That's mostly musk too: https://phys.org/news/2025-07-satellite-constellations-bright-threaten-astronomy.html

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[–] turtlesareneat@discuss.online 19 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Their future e-waste is now part of the view, just gotta accept it and hope the billboards up there aren't developed in our lifetime.

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[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Not much remains of them upon reentry. At least nothing that can be called e-waste.

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[–] dzsimbo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

I thought Kessler-syndrome was the real kicker, not greenhouse gasses.

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[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

LEO items can't Kessler. They can barely keep themselves from falling back through the atmosphere.

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[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

they just aerosolize creating even faster global warming

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[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Wouldn't high-altitude metallic aerosols do the opposite?

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[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

unfortunately no. per my understanding the problem with starlink satellites burning up on re-entry are two fold:

the aerosolized aluminum retains heat, not reflects it
the aerosolized aluminum reacts with ozone, damaging a critical protective layer against the greenhouse effect

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[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

Dang, that sucks XD

Should have made their frames with zinc alloy instead!

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[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 1 point 1 year ago

That's the company line, but they're finding big pieces in fields in Canada.

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[–] Thadden@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

Yeah right?? It's so crazy how many satellites there are nowadays.

We used to play with my friends when we were younger to spot them. Now it's harder not to see one.

And the sad part is it's going to get much worse probably.

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[–] johnwicksdog@aussie.zone 13 points 1 year ago

Same here, I would rarely see a satellite and mostly only during dusk. Two nights ago I was participating in a star gazing activity as par of a birthday party and it's busy up there now

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