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This isn’t true for low orbit items. They will come down on their own in ~5 years. At the absolute worst case scenario, we’d be blocked or ~5 years. R

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Collisions in LEO can chuck debris into orbits which intersect higher orbits. If one of those collides with something in in said higher orbits, you have a problem.

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@NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world · Mar 02

It’s possible it could go to a higher orbit, but we don’t have mega constellations in those orbits. I’m don’t know enough to know how far something could get flung up either, but I suspect if you’re in a 5y orbit, you aren’t reaching a 50y orbit area, and probably not even a 10y orbit area.

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