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Der Starlink-Satellit von SpaceX erleidet eine mysteriöse „Anomalie“ im Orbit

31.03.2026

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/spacex-starlink-satellite-suffers-mysterious-anomaly-in-orbit/

heliosh on 31.03.2026 3:06 p.m.

„with fragments likely to fall to Earth over the next few weeks“
How does that work with a 560 km orbit? A 1 kg 0.1 m² fragment would take 6 years from a rough calculation.
[https://www.lizard-tail.com/isana/lab/orbital_decay/](https://www.lizard-tail.com/isana/lab/orbital_decay/)
koos_die_doos on 31.03.2026 3:08 p.m.

> One of Elon Musk’s Starlink Internet satellites suffered an “anomaly” on Sunday while in orbit around Earth, the company said in a social media post. The incident appears to have created some debris, with fragments likely to fall to Earth over the next few weeks, according to LeoLabs, a company that monitors satellites in low-Earth orbit.

It suffered a RUD, will be interesting to see how long the debris stays in orbit. It supposedly de orbits in a maximum of 5 years.
FluffyBunnyFlipFlops on 31.03.2026 3:21 p.m.

Kessler syndrome, here we come! Saving the galaxy from humans.
unrulycelt on 31.03.2026 3:28 p.m.

Hopefully this is not the space version of Russians falling out of windows