MikeOnSpace
SpaceX is launching the largest constellation of satellites in history. Every time one of those satellites fails, there is a concern that a failed satellite could hit something else in space causing a field of debris. If there is enough debris it can lead to an effect called the Kessler Syndrome – a runaway cascadde of collissions that could fill Low Earch Orbit with debris for years!
References:
European Space Agency, Time to Act: Credit: ESA – CC BY-SA IGO 3.0
FCC File: SATMOD2020041700037 https://fcc.report/IBFS/SAT-MOD-20200417-00037
Contents:
0:00 Intro to the Kessler Syndrome
0:34 SpaceX Authorizations and Modification with the FCC
1:32 SpaceX’s BIGGEST change to Starlink
2:43 Starlink Failures
3:23 The Kessler Syndrome!
4:03 Starlink Failure Analysis
6:16 Starlink Maneuvering without Propulsion
7:16 Why is everyone objecting to Starlink?
7:58 SmallSat videos?
8:17 ESA Time to Act
8:38 Closing
#SpaceX #Starlink #KesslerSyndrome