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C.<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://climatejustice.social/@Brad_Rosenheim" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Brad_Rosenheim</span></a></span> </p><p>Except ... when this claim (not about the satellites re-entering, just the amount of damage they cause to the atmosphere) started circulating some months back, I read an article (somewhere...) that analyzed the amount and type of matter it would distribute, and it pales in comparison to the amount the earth receives in "space dust" and micrometeroids every day.</p><p>Best figure I know of for the mass of "normal" space matter hitting our planet is 5,200 tonnes / year:<br><a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/antarctic-study-shows-how-much-space-dust-hits-earth-every-year/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">scientificamerican.com/article</span><span class="invisible">/antarctic-study-shows-how-much-space-dust-hits-earth-every-year/</span></a></p><p>The current Starlink satellites are "gen2 mini", and are 740 kg. So you would need to de-orbit more than 7,000 of them every year - not 4 per day - to even match the natural space dust falling on earth. Except it's even worse (for the argument) than that, because 740kg is their launch mass, including all their maneuvering fuel/gasses, which by definition are gone before the satellites are deorbited. I don't have an exact figure for how much mass the fuel accounts for, but it wouldn't surprise me if it was more than 25% of the mass of the spacecraft at launch.</p><p>The residue left in the atmosphere doesn't seem to be a very big deal.</p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/mass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mass</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/satellite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>satellite</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/deorbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deorbit</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/RunTheNumbers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RunTheNumbers</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/calculation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>calculation</span></a></p><p>edit: typo</p>
Daniel Fischer<p>In one hour leadership from the <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/ISS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISS</span></a> and Commercial Crew Programs, as well as Boeing, will participate in a media telecon: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-BGAPuzxZU" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=u-BGAPuzxZ</span><span class="invisible">U</span></a> - expected topics include Boeing’s <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Starliner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starliner</span></a> Crew Flight Test, U.S. <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/deorbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deorbit</span></a> vehicle, station operations, spacesuits, and more.</p>
IT News<p>NASA will pay SpaceX nearly $1 billion to deorbit the International Space Station - Enlarge / Illustration of the SpaceX Dragon XL as it is deployed from t... - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=2033868" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">arstechnica.com/?p=2033868</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/deorbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deorbit</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/spacex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spacex</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/nasa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nasa</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/iss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iss</span></a></p>
Matt Willemsen<p>Big, dead European satellite will come crashing back to Earth this month<br><a href="https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/big-dead-european-satellite-will-come-crashing-back-to-earth-this-month" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">livescience.com/space/space-ex</span><span class="invisible">ploration/big-dead-european-satellite-will-come-crashing-back-to-earth-this-month</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/satellite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>satellite</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/deorbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deorbit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reentry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reentry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ERS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ERS</span></a>—2</p>
EURACTIV Global Europe<p>European Space Agency pushes for space debris treaty <a href="https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/european-space-agency-pushes-for-space-debris-treaty/?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">euractiv.com/section/global-eu</span><span class="invisible">rope/news/european-space-agency-pushes-for-space-debris-treaty/?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/deorbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deorbit</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/ESA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ESA</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/EUspacepolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EUspacepolicy</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/EuropeanSpaceAgency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanSpaceAgency</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Dumping Spacecraft In The Middle Of Nowhere - The BBC has an interesting article on Point Nemo, AKA the Oceanic Pole of Inaccess... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2023/10/11/dumping-spacecraft-in-the-middle-of-nowhere/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2023/10/11/dumpin</span><span class="invisible">g-spacecraft-in-the-middle-of-nowhere/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/graveyard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>graveyard</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/deorbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deorbit</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ocean</span></a></p>
Mastodon Migration<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://spacey.space/@shnonks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>shnonks</span></a></span> Starlink satellites orbit at 550 km. Natural decay time at that altitude is 54 years (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/SpaceXLounge/comments/ekyibk/orbital_decay_times_and_the_starlink_bus_why_500/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reddit.com/r/SpaceXLounge/comm</span><span class="invisible">ents/ekyibk/orbital_decay_times_and_the_starlink_bus_why_500/</span></a>). Not sure how small particles post collision would affect the decay time, but we are not talking 5 years unless they actively deorbit and they can't actively deorbit if they are destroyed.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starlink</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Deorbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Deorbit</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Hackaday Links: September 3, 2023 - Right-to-repair has been a hot-button topic lately, with everyone from consumers t... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2023/09/03/hackaday-links-september-3-2023/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2023/09/03/hackad</span><span class="invisible">ay-links-september-3-2023/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/emergencyalertsystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>emergencyalertsystem</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/worldrobotconference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worldrobotconference</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/hackadaycolumns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hackadaycolumns</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/hackadaylinks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hackadaylinks</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/righttorepair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>righttorepair</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/construction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>construction</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/orbitaldrag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>orbitaldrag</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/scientology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scientology</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/wastewater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wastewater</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/cubesat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cubesat</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/deorbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deorbit</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/e" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>e</span></a>-meter <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/slider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slider</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/kapton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kapton</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/sewer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sewer</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/dcma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dcma</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/fema" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fema</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/eas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eas</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/fcc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fcc</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/wea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wea</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Hackaday Links: March 26, 2023 - Sad news in the tech world this week as Intel co-founder Gordon Moore passed away ... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2023/03/26/hackaday-links-march-26-2023/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2023/03/26/hackad</span><span class="invisible">ay-links-march-26-2023/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/jameswebbspacetelescope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jameswebbspacetelescope</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/hackadaycolumns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hackadaycolumns</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/hackadaylinks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hackadaylinks</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/indianapolis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>indianapolis</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/gordonmoore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gordonmoore</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/decapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decapping</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/exoplanet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>exoplanet</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/fairchild" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fairchild</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/mooreslaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mooreslaw</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/paulallen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paulallen</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/resistors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resistors</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/silicates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>silicates</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>starlink</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/deorbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deorbit</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/slider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slider</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/petrel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>petrel</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/intel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intel</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/jwst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jwst</span></a></p>
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