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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next prev parent 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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