<![CDATA[I missed reading Starlink's latest conjunction report when it came out a bit over a month ago.]]>I missed reading Starlink's latest conjunction report when it came out a bit over a month ago. I just skimmed through it and I think I need to go lay down for a while. It's terrifying how close we are to major collisions in orbit all the time... (I especially love the note about how space-track.org being offline briefly caused them to miss a potential collision... SO FRAGILE AAUGH)

Article summarizing the report here: https://ca.pcmag.com/networking/16653/260-starlink-satellites-burn-up-in-earths-atmosphere-as-more-head-for-fiery-ends

Full report here: https://www.scribd.com/document/1057502572/SpaceX-Gen1-Gen2-Semi-Annual-Report-7-1-26

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/1f071d89-ca92-4312-97db-cc72694ee3eb/i-missed-reading-starlink-s-latest-conjunction-report-when-it-came-out-a-bit-over-a-month-ago.RSS for NodeMon, 13 Jul 2026 07:08:42 GMTTue, 07 Jul 2026 17:48:48 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to I missed reading Starlink's latest conjunction report when it came out a bit over a month ago. on Wed, 08 Jul 2026 09:30:31 GMT]]>@sundogplanets
When will they start running out of fuel for manoeuvres?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/spacemagick/statuses/116883654651680810https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/spacemagick/statuses/116883654651680810Wed, 08 Jul 2026 09:30:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I missed reading Starlink's latest conjunction report when it came out a bit over a month ago. on Wed, 08 Jul 2026 09:26:46 GMT]]>@action_jay @sundogplanets
Whole countries will bankrupt themselves building underground shelters for their people to hide from the hailstorm of scorching debris.
And the billionaires will chuckle in their fortified bunkers in New Zeeland.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/spacemagick/statuses/116883639953686078https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/spacemagick/statuses/116883639953686078Wed, 08 Jul 2026 09:26:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I missed reading Starlink's latest conjunction report when it came out a bit over a month ago. on Wed, 08 Jul 2026 05:58:51 GMT]]>@sundogplanets Thanks for keeping us informed. We've trashed the planet and now we're trashing space. We're literally shitting in our own nest.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.nz/ap/users/115828656027457735/statuses/116882822387052677https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.nz/ap/users/115828656027457735/statuses/116882822387052677Wed, 08 Jul 2026 05:58:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I missed reading Starlink's latest conjunction report when it came out a bit over a month ago. on Wed, 08 Jul 2026 04:36:39 GMT]]>@sundogplanets Thank you for your work! Can't be said often enough.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://furry.engineer/users/ysegrim/statuses/116882499114033191https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://furry.engineer/users/ysegrim/statuses/116882499114033191Wed, 08 Jul 2026 04:36:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I missed reading Starlink's latest conjunction report when it came out a bit over a month ago. on Wed, 08 Jul 2026 04:35:46 GMT]]>@sundogplanets … by a company who has recently been merged with a company whose business model is basically selling vibe engineering/vibe everythinging tools to the industry.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://furry.engineer/users/ysegrim/statuses/116882495664130909https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://furry.engineer/users/ysegrim/statuses/116882495664130909Wed, 08 Jul 2026 04:35:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I missed reading Starlink's latest conjunction report when it came out a bit over a month ago. on Wed, 08 Jul 2026 04:33:56 GMT]]>@sundogplanets @wendynather All of the sudden all those asteroid near misses start getting a lot more interesting. Don’t have to hit the Earth, just swoosh by in LEO leaving a wake of destruction

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.infrageeks.social/users/erik/statuses/116882488431967066https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.infrageeks.social/users/erik/statuses/116882488431967066Wed, 08 Jul 2026 04:33:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I missed reading Starlink's latest conjunction report when it came out a bit over a month ago. on Wed, 08 Jul 2026 03:34:07 GMT]]>@sundogplanets

Even Elon Musk's own satellites want to kill themselves rather than work for him.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/angiebaby/statuses/116882253268338605https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/angiebaby/statuses/116882253268338605Wed, 08 Jul 2026 03:34:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I missed reading Starlink's latest conjunction report when it came out a bit over a month ago. on Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:02:26 GMT]]>@sundogplanets

Who would’ve thought a bunch of Rich assholes could kill the sky.

Space will be the final frontier.. When we can get back to launching anything into orbit again

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.ai/users/GhostOnTheHalfShell/statuses/116881892745517312https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.ai/users/GhostOnTheHalfShell/statuses/116881892745517312Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:02:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I missed reading Starlink's latest conjunction report when it came out a bit over a month ago. on Wed, 08 Jul 2026 01:28:02 GMT]]>@davidtheeviloverlord @sundogplanets I was thinking the same thing. Increased maneuvers = more fuel = shorter lifespans = more replacement satellites needed and so on.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://wandering.shop/users/croyle/statuses/116881757426786517https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://wandering.shop/users/croyle/statuses/116881757426786517Wed, 08 Jul 2026 01:28:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I missed reading Starlink's latest conjunction report when it came out a bit over a month ago. on Wed, 08 Jul 2026 01:02:35 GMT]]>@sundogplanets @swordgeek phew. Well then. Thanks for enlightening us and giving answers!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ravenation.club/users/fiigvam/statuses/116881657388496183https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ravenation.club/users/fiigvam/statuses/116881657388496183Wed, 08 Jul 2026 01:02:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I missed reading Starlink's latest conjunction report when it came out a bit over a month ago. on Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:37:46 GMT]]>@fiigvam @swordgeek Yes. Scary.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/116881559828460547https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/116881559828460547Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:37:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I missed reading Starlink's latest conjunction report when it came out a bit over a month ago. on Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:37:23 GMT]]>@swb72 There is no parking orbit for LEO, just for GEO

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/116881558287489237https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/116881558287489237Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:37:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I missed reading Starlink's latest conjunction report when it came out a bit over a month ago. on Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:16:16 GMT]]>@sundogplanets It's because of the potential for collision that SpaceX programmed their satellites to deorbit and burn up at the end of their useful lives rather than move into the usual 'parking' orbit.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.plus/ap/users/116881333701973573/statuses/116881475291676656https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.plus/ap/users/116881333701973573/statuses/116881475291676656Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:16:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I missed reading Starlink's latest conjunction report when it came out a bit over a month ago. on Tue, 07 Jul 2026 23:32:15 GMT]]>@sundogplanets @swordgeek oh interesting! So regardless of the in orbit maneuvers that starlink is actively performing, there is at least some patch of orbit that is in slow but increasing cascade Kessler syndrome?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ravenation.club/users/fiigvam/statuses/116881302207190802https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ravenation.club/users/fiigvam/statuses/116881302207190802Tue, 07 Jul 2026 23:32:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I missed reading Starlink's latest conjunction report when it came out a bit over a month ago. on Tue, 07 Jul 2026 23:15:37 GMT]]>@LeDiva Pretty bad. But not an end to spacetravel for the rest of human history kind of bad.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/badtux/statuses/116881236781674326https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/badtux/statuses/116881236781674326Tue, 07 Jul 2026 23:15:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I missed reading Starlink's latest conjunction report when it came out a bit over a month ago. on Tue, 07 Jul 2026 23:03:36 GMT]]>@sundogplanets Oops. 🙈️

Thanks for that. 🙂

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/jesterchen/statuses/116881189511993812https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/jesterchen/statuses/116881189511993812Tue, 07 Jul 2026 23:03:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I missed reading Starlink's latest conjunction report when it came out a bit over a month ago. on Tue, 07 Jul 2026 23:01:57 GMT]]>@badtux That still sounds pretty bad though?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lediva.masto.host/users/LeDiva/statuses/116881183070270389https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lediva.masto.host/users/LeDiva/statuses/116881183070270389Tue, 07 Jul 2026 23:01:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I missed reading Starlink's latest conjunction report when it came out a bit over a month ago. on Tue, 07 Jul 2026 23:01:56 GMT]]>@jesterchen Yes, I helped make that.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/116881183001841945https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/116881183001841945Tue, 07 Jul 2026 23:01:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I missed reading Starlink's latest conjunction report when it came out a bit over a month ago. on Tue, 07 Jul 2026 22:58:14 GMT]]>@sundogplanets Do you know https://outerspaceinstitute.ca/crashclock/ ?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/jesterchen/statuses/116881168445730998https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/jesterchen/statuses/116881168445730998Tue, 07 Jul 2026 22:58:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I missed reading Starlink's latest conjunction report when it came out a bit over a month ago. on Tue, 07 Jul 2026 22:54:57 GMT]]>This page suggests that 600km high would take decades, past 800km would take centuries, and anything past 1000km is effectively up there for good. Starlink satellites orbit at about 550km. space.com said something about SpaceX having to lower them down to 480km.]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fedicy.us.to/cy/p/1783464897.446796https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fedicy.us.to/cy/p/1783464897.446796Tue, 07 Jul 2026 22:54:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I missed reading Starlink's latest conjunction report when it came out a bit over a month ago. on Tue, 07 Jul 2026 22:53:54 GMT]]>@sundogplanets

With the constant hailstones of Starlink debris striking populated areas, the likelihood of someone capturing CPU modules that contains private keys for the whole operation increases...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lgbtqia.space/users/dianea/statuses/116881151400658454https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lgbtqia.space/users/dianea/statuses/116881151400658454Tue, 07 Jul 2026 22:53:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I missed reading Starlink's latest conjunction report when it came out a bit over a month ago. on Tue, 07 Jul 2026 22:30:31 GMT]]>@falken @davidtheeviloverlord @sundogplanets In 1 to 5 years they will self-deorbit. Causing a collision cascade for 1 to 5 years essentially would shut off access to space for 1 to 5 years. That... would not be fun.

They're also supposed to be de-orbited if they are running out of maneuvering fuel, using the last of that fuel. That's great in theory until it doesn't work.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/badtux/statuses/116881059416047004https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/badtux/statuses/116881059416047004Tue, 07 Jul 2026 22:30:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I missed reading Starlink's latest conjunction report when it came out a bit over a month ago. on Tue, 07 Jul 2026 22:27:59 GMT]]>@LeDiva @sundogplanets Kessler syndrome is a fair thing to worry about at higher orbits but at the low orbit that Starlink satellites live at, it would only be an issue for 1 to 5 years. Not that it wouldn't be a *massive* impact to be unable to get into space for 1 to 5 years... but it would not be an end to spacetravel for the rest of human history kind of event.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/badtux/statuses/116881049461346289https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/badtux/statuses/116881049461346289Tue, 07 Jul 2026 22:27:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I missed reading Starlink's latest conjunction report when it came out a bit over a month ago. on Tue, 07 Jul 2026 22:18:20 GMT]]>@rl_dane 😭

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/116881011509487094https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/116881011509487094Tue, 07 Jul 2026 22:18:20 GMT