NotShey t1_j277reg wrote
Reply to comment by Lecturnoiter in SpaceX launches 54 upgraded Starlink internet satellites and nails rocket landing at sea in 60th flight of the year by ovirt001
>small collisions create debris clouds that can last for hundreds of years.
All of these satellites are at extremely low altitudes. There is measurably dense atmosphere in these orbits. Without active station keeping they will deorbit due to air resistance in about a year.
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