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Comment by branko_d

Kessler syndrome:

"...is a scenario in which the density of objects in low Earth orbit (LEO) due to space pollution is high enough that collisions between objects could cause a cascade in which each collision generates space debris that increases the likelihood of further collisions"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_syndrome

So destroying a subset of satellites might create enough debris to cascade-destroy the rest of them. But that would not be limited to SpaceX satellites, and would effectively lock-out human species from accessing space for some time.

parent branko_d 4 years ago

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