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minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month agoNo, Starlink isn’t creating small orbital debris like would cause that. They’re also at the wrong altitude. More likely it’s from something like the satellite Russia blew up a few years ago. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/russia-just-blew-up-a-satellite-heres-why-that-spells-trouble-for-spaceflight
minus-squaretomiant@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoRussia again. Can they… Stop. Everything.
No, Starlink isn’t creating small orbital debris like would cause that. They’re also at the wrong altitude.
More likely it’s from something like the satellite Russia blew up a few years ago. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/russia-just-blew-up-a-satellite-heres-why-that-spells-trouble-for-spaceflight
Russia again. Can they… Stop. Everything.