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Starlink burns multiple retired satellites daily from its over 10,000-strong constellation

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[–] Sludgehammer@lemmy.world 87 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (25 children)

Retrieving the deorbited satellites — which weigh roughly 573 to 650 pounds (260 to 295 kg) for first-generation units and 1,764 to 2,756 pounds (800 to 1,250 kg) for second-generation units — is technically impractical and financially unviable, according to the company. Hence, the incineration technique.

So that's 148,980 to 325,000 kilograms of electronics burned. Literally hundreds of tons of e-waste being incinerated by single corporation in just half a year.

[–] Steve@startrek.website 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Hundreds of tons of random natural space dust hit the atmosphere daily

[–] SpicyLizards@reddthat.com 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Space dust has a different composition to artificial satellites however

[–] musicalphysics@discuss.online 1 points 3 weeks ago

More than a hundred tons of meteors daily. Many meteors are made up of heavy metals. Iron. Nickel. And so forth.

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