Russian Anti-Satellite Test Debris a Temporary Headache, SpaceX Says
While SpaceX's Starlink satellites are maneuvering more due to debris generated from Russia's 2021 anti-satellite weaponry test than any other objects in space, the low orbits it plans to use for its second-generation constellation will mean any increase in debris…
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flux will be temporary, the company told the FCC International Bureau last week. It said in the nine months since the testing, about 62% of the resulting debris has deorbited. It said even the highest-altitude second-gen operations will passively deorbit within three to four years.