via Spaceweather.com: "With the May 19th launch of these satellites from Cape Canaveral, SpaceX has deployed 4,469 Starlinks in all, including units no longer in service. More than 4,100 Starlink satellites are currently in orbit."

#satellites #StarLink #KesslerEffect #KesslerSyndrome

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSxgYaGMcDo&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fspaceweather.com%2F&source_ve_path=OTY3MTQ&feature=emb_imp_woyt

Um... Looks like we're getting close to #KesslerSyndrome-level stuff...

Astronomy news: International Space Station fires engines to avoid satellite

It is getting crowded in space, and NASA recently had to take action to dodge a #satellite that was headed toward the #ISS.
#satellites #StarLink #KesslerEffect

https://www.accuweather.com/en/space-news/live-news/astronomy-news-current-space-events-2023/1480879

Between #KesslerEffect and #WindShear, we'll be grounded sooner than later...

Severe #Turbulence Will Increase Up To Three Times In The Next Decades

by Linnea Ahlgren, July 1, 2022

The wind shear of the jet streams will continue to increase as temperatures rise.

#ClimateChange #Transportation

https://simpleflying.com/severe-turbulence-increase-three-times-next-decades/

Wikipedia: Kessler syndrome

"The #KesslerSyndrome (also called the #KesslerEffect, collisional cascading, or ablation cascade), proposed by #NASA scientist Donald J. Kessler in 1978, is a scenario in which the density of objects in low Earth orbit (LEO) due to space pollution is high enough that collisions between objects could cause a cascade in which each collision generates space debris that increases the likelihood of further collisions. In 2009 Kessler wrote that modeling results had concluded that the debris environment was already unstable, 'such that any attempt to achieve a growth-free small debris environment by eliminating sources of past debris will likely fail because fragments from future collisions will be generated faster than atmospheric drag will remove them'. One implication is that the distribution of debris in orbit could render space activities and the use of satellites in specific orbital ranges difficult for many generations."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_syndrome

@sundogplanets #KesslerEffect per wikipedia, in case you didn't know what its about (I didn't)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_syndrome

#kesslereffect ⬇️ 🙄

https://mapstodon.space/@mapsmania/109875445635038886

@AkaSci
The powers that be have got to stop playing Kessler chicken

#KesslerEffect