• CatWhoMustNotBeNamed@geddit.social
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      1 year ago

      Starlink satellites deorbit on their own. What else is SpaceX leaving in orbit? (Serious question, maybe there are small components the launch systems lose?)

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        1 year ago

        You can filter here to show the SpaceX group, which is a whole bunch of Falcon 2nd stages. It isn’t like anyone else puts effort in to deorbiting their 2nd stages, SpaceX just launches the most.

        https://sky.rogue.space/

        They also dump Dragon 2 trunks and used to dump some Starlink deployment hardware (which I think is now attached to the 2nd stages), but those two examples are in such low orbit that they don’t last long.