Ground-based and compact Chinese technology can disrupt or damage Starlink satellites operating in low Earth orbit.
    • ulterno@programming.devEnglish
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      18 days ago

      that will decimate the ozone layer in 15-30 years.

      🤦
      I always thought of de-orbiting just to burn-off as a waste, but now this.

        • ulterno@programming.devEnglish
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          13 days ago

          The researchers suspect this would help shrink the ozone hole that forms over the South Pole every year,

          Ok, so there seems to be a silver lining.
          A lesser Ozone hole during a certain period.

          Now just to know if the Ozone decimation is winning over this little phenomenon.
          Either way, the LEO satellites seem to be to big a mess for their worth, unless you are just considering their military worth.