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From: David Lang <david@lang.hm>
To: Daniel AJ Sokolov <daniel@falco.ca>
Cc: starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net
Subject: Re: [Starlink] orbital maneuvers 12 per sat in the last 6 months
Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2023 21:49:07 -0700 (PDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <6p3296pr-96n3-8p77-ps68-25155r16o365@ynat.uz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <114eabbd-cf5b-1c08-8226-fbf53455d9ea@falco.ca>

some people are assuming that more satellites launched will mean more maneuvers 
needed (not recognizing that what matters is only the things at the same 
altitude)

plus, it's a scary large number :-)

David Lang

  On Thu, 6 Jul 2023, Daniel AJ Sokolov via Starlink wrote:

> On 7/6/23 17:54, Dave Taht via Starlink wrote:
>> 
> https://www.space.com/starlink-satellite-conjunction-increase-threatens-space-sustainability
>> 
>> I am under the impression that each sat is capable of about 500 over
>> the satellite's lifetime. I am curious as to what they are avoiding.
>
> Assuming your number of 500 is correct, I don't see any worry here. 12 
> moves in 6 months makes 492 in 20.5 years. That is less than 500 and 
> beyond the lifetime expectation of the satellite anyway.
>
> A I missing something?
> Daniel AJ
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  reply	other threads:[~2023-07-07  4:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-07-07  0:54 Dave Taht
2023-07-07  1:01 ` Daniel AJ Sokolov
2023-07-07  4:49   ` David Lang [this message]
2023-07-07  5:28     ` blakangel
2023-07-07  6:02       ` David Lang
2023-07-07 22:28         ` Ulrich Speidel
2023-07-08 14:06           ` Dave Taht
2023-07-08 20:49             ` David Lang
2023-07-07  6:23       ` Daniel AJ Sokolov
2023-07-07  6:34         ` Mike Puchol
2023-07-07  7:13           ` Daniel AJ Sokolov
2023-07-07  7:22             ` Mike Puchol
2023-07-07 12:51           ` tom
2023-07-07 13:18             ` Mike Puchol
2023-07-08 13:53               ` Larry Press

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