Apparently the geosynchronous satellites don’t have to deorbit clear to earth. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graveyard_orbit
From: Steve Jones Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2017 3:33 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] space x satellites I was reading an article the other day about the space debris problem, in particular these tiny satellites and the diminishing windows for launch. I never gave it a lot of though cause space is kind of big, but really its not, and 28k mph is kind of fast to hit anything. These tiny satellites are being tossed up left and right, by less scrupulous entities than spacex, though they did talk about this venture directly. I think there should be a standards commitment to all space ventures to treat space with the boy scout attitude of leaving it better than when you got there... note I did not say law. I don't know where ICBMs traverse the low earth orbit, but if SHTF it could get hairy with nukes playing pinball off a bunch of baby satellites On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 4:09 PM, Robert Andrews <[email protected]> wrote: I always wondered about "Vaporize" It's still a significant amount of material getting spread around the atmosphere and isn't like it's a contrail... #chemtrails On 05/03/2017 01:45 PM, Chuck McCown wrote: All satellites are launched these days with deorbiting rockets. So, they vaporize on the way down. Not sure what else could be done. *From:* Steve Jones *Sent:* Wednesday, May 03, 2017 2:40 PM *To:* [email protected] *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] space x satellites do all these ventures come with any long term recourse for their environmental impact as they decay, degrade, and fail? On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 3:31 PM, Jaime Solorza <[email protected]> wrote: Big Brother gonna get you....Now that you got the picture, what you going to do? Apologies to Pete Rivera and Rare Earth On May 3, 2017 2:27 PM, "Chuck McCown" <[email protected]> wrote: Make it impossible for nation states to block too.... *From:* Chuck McCown *Sent:* Wednesday, May 03, 2017 2:25 PM *To:* [email protected] *Subject:* [AFMUG] space x satellites Bet this will be spendy service. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/05/spacexs-falcon-9-rocket-will-launch-thousands-of-broadband-satellites/ <https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/05/spacexs-falcon-9-rocket-will-launch-thousands-of-broadband-satellites/>
