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The Low Earth Orbit Satellite Population and Impacts of the SpaceX Starlink Constellation

  • Authors: Jonathan C. McDowell

2020 The Astrophysical Journal Letters 892 L36.

  • Provider: AAS Journals

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Post-mission orbital lifetime for tracked payloads and rocket stages vs. average altitude of initial operational orbit. Maneuvering satellites are plotted in cyan (objects still in orbit) and black (objects that have reentered; almost all at the bottom left of the plot), while non-maneuvering satellites are plotted in blue (objects still in orbit) and red (objects that have reentered).

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