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		rtpg 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: One to two Starlink satellites are falling back to... But if they're adding larger capacity ones that still have the same failure mode, then the "1 to 2 a day" becomes even worse right? Or are those larger ones also ones that have a longer shelf life?

MiguelHudnandez 6 months ago [–]

The scale of the Starlink constellation is really not what people expect when they think of satellites. To get a sense for just how many of these have already been launched, check out this interactive map.

https://satellitemap.space/

(~8,500 actively in orbit)

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