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		CDSlice on Jan 30, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What Did We Lose When We Lost the Stars? The lifetime doesn’t seem to be that much longer, according to [0] a Starlink satellite’s orbit will decay in around 5 years. [0] www.businessinsider.com/spacex-starlink-internet-satellites-percent-failure-rate-space-debris-risk-2020-10%

chris_va on Jan 31, 2021 | [–]

Satellite Altitude Lifetime 200 km 1 day

300 km 1 month

400 km 1 year

500 km 10 years

700 km 100 years

900 km 1000 years

Their satellites are 550km, 1000km, and higher.

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