Low Earth orbit is becoming increasingly crowded: SpaceX's Starlink and other mega-satellite constellations are adding more and more objects, and when they're done, they'll all fall into the atmosphere and burn up. But exactly when that happens depends not only on the altitude of the orbit, but also on the activity of the Sun.
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Low Earth orbit is becoming increasingly crowded: SpaceX's Starlink and other mega-satellite constellations are adding more and more objects, and when they're done, they'll all fall into the atmosphere and burn up. But exactly when that happens depends not only on the altitude of the orbit, but also on the activity of the Sun.