Starlink-Satellit zerfällt in „zig Objekte“; SpaceX bestätigt „Anomalie“. Die Ursache des Satellitenausfalls ist nach dem zweiten „Fragmenterstellungsereignis“ ungeklärt.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/03/starlink-satellite-breaks-apart-into-tens-of-objects-spacex-confirms-anomaly/
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This is just a Kessler syndrome disaster waiting to happen.
Fragment creation event is a cool way to say explosion.
honestly kinda freaky how many satellites we have up there already and now they’re breaking apart? space junk is a real problem that nobody talks about enough.
Some foreign government testing untrackable debris targeted at certain orbits.
Any chance of this causing an ablation cascade aka Kessler Syndrome? 😬
> Because of “the low altitude of the event, fragments from this anomaly will likely de-orbit within a few weeks,” it said.
This is why low Earth orbit satellites are much, much safer. Only larger objects can remain in these orbits for any significant amount of time. If this debris were to collide with more debris, it would split up into even smaller parts that would de-orbit even faster.
ive never thought about this but I wonder how much they ported from tesla into space x manufacturing. tresla isn’t really known for the spot on QC. but then again maybe nasa pre trump had a hand in setting atandards.
Isn’t this called a spontaneous disassembly?
Its funny how it was number 34343.
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I have to use “thermal event” in my line of work when describing equipment failures.
oh boy kessler syndrom to go along with highest ever gas prices for 2026? im becomming really certain Trump is aligned with Chaos gods from 40k.
Can’t wait for the future when you can randomly get orbital airburst struck by exploding LEO satellites and just go “gosh another one today?”
Where is the video of the event. Can we see what actually happened? Did rogue foreignplayers attack? is this going to cause a cascade of crashes of starlink satellites?
Kessler syndrome. Cool cool cool
It exploded because I was trying to upload a photo of yo mama
Kessler Syndrome HERE WE GOOOOOOO!
Surprised Pikachu face.
I remember opponents to starlink expect exactly this
Paging Dr. Kessler
Paging Dr. Kessler
Paging Dr. Kessler
„Tens of objects“, ??? WTF does that even mean. Tens of thousands maybe?
The Kessler syndrome event we were warned about is happening yaaaay
People are helping to build their own cage because they think it’s for someone else…
Sudden unplanned disassembly.