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Siellus t1_jabvijo wrote

Don't know why I bothered turning the volume up.

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What_U_KNO t1_jace71u wrote

Great, more space trash when this billionaire toddler gets bored with the idea and abandons it.

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TbonerT t1_jacktef wrote

I’m glad they shared that. I was disappointed when the webcast ended after insertion. I figured they would at least show deployment this time since they are new satellites.

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Ctmarlin t1_jacm34k wrote

Looks like they got rid of the tensioning rod.

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kayak_enjoyer t1_jacp0ow wrote

Is this real speed, or sped up? The Earth appears to move quite a bit, but I think that's mostly camera swing.

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Adeldor t1_jacwkb5 wrote

Their orbits are low enough, were Starlink to quit launching and every satellite malfunctioned (IOW couldn't be deliberately deorbited as they are normally), within a few years there'd be none left in orbit.

And I don't consider equipment providing low latency, high speed internet service everywhere on the planet trash.

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SpearOfNeptune t1_jad0wh1 wrote

Oh sure, you mean in Countries where People are lucky if they earn more than 500.-? They for sure have 600.- for the Starter Kit and the 110.- per Month to waste even as a Community 💀

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Adeldor t1_jad145q wrote

In which case he'd sell the company, deorbit the satellites and close it down, or abandon it and the satellites would come down shortly by themselves. In any case, the upside far outweighs any downside.

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AdminsFuckedMeAgain t1_jad3j70 wrote

This is literally a display of them minimizing debris by making the tension rods part of the second stage. It will burn up with the second stage instead of just staying in orbit. Everything you see in this video will eventually come back down

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DBDude t1_jadt06k wrote

It was a genius idea to dispense with individual injector mechanisms and just rely on natural motion from spinning them. You can pack in a lot more satellites that way.

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mustafar0111 t1_jae4r0b wrote

I mean Musk aside shit talking your private companies boss or CEO publicly on social media is a good way to get yourself fired period. Doesn't matter where you work.

That is keeping a job 101.

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FutureMartian97 t1_jaf09i9 wrote

You realize that Elon doesn't run SpaceX unchecked right? Shotwell runs the day to day operations and would never let Elon just shut down Starlink. Not to mention the military is very interested in it as well.

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