IEEE Spectrum: Have We Reached a Space-Junk Tipping Point?

In some orbits, the Kessler syndrome is already underway

https://spectrum.ieee.org/kessler-syndrome-space-debris

#spacejunk #satellites #kesslersyndrome #spacex

IEEE Spectrum: Have We Reached a Space-Junk Tipping Point?

In some orbits, the Kessler syndrome is already underway

https://spectrum.ieee.org/kessler-syndrome-space-debris

#spacejunk #satellites #kesslersyndrome #spacex

So, I was talking with my supervisor about how #Starlink is trying to divert money intended for #FiberOptic, and told her about the #KesslerEffect (which will probably be caused by old Starlink satellites).
"I guess that will knock us back to landlines," was her reply.
"All the more reason to have fiber in place!" I chimed in!

#DarkFiber#KesslerSyndrome

So, I was talking with my supervisor about how #Starlink is trying to divert money intended for #FiberOptic, and told her about the #KesslerEffect (which will probably be caused by old Starlink satellites).
"I guess that will knock us back to landlines," was her reply.
"All the more reason to have fiber in place!" I chimed in!

#DarkFiber#KesslerSyndrome