• Mirshe@lemmy.world
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      3 hours ago

      Wouldn’t matter much with these. They’re in low orbits, barely scraping the thermosphere, and are designed and launched with an eye to deorbiting within several years. Even if they smash each other to bits, most of the pieces will deorbit and burn up in a few years, tops.