SpaceX blasts FCC as it refuses to reinstate Starlink’s $886 million grant::FCC doubts ability to provide high-speed, low-latency service in all grant areas.

  • RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Ok, but we already have all those satellites up there now. Please fucking tell me those are not going to become space trash, because I will fully blame the government on that one.

    • Matthew
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      11 months ago

      They’re not high enough to become space debris

      • 4onen@lemmy.world
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        11 months ago

        Any altitude of orbit can become space debris. They just won’t stay space debris for nearly as long as geosynchronous or high orbit.