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FCC Denies Starlink Low-Orbit Bid for Lower Latency
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this post was submitted on 14 Mar 2024
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There's wildly different orbits. Starlink flies low and has a decaying orbit due to atmospheric drag meaning nothing is going to stay up there for very long. They designed them to just burn up on reentry after ~5 years. Stuff in much higher orbits are more of an issue because they don't experience the same amount of drag.