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by JKCalhoun 526 days ago
Less junk? Weather satellites, climate monitoring satellites.

But also I don't think the internet has been a net-positive thing.

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> Less junk? Weather satellites, climate monitoring satellites

These typically operate at higher orbits. From a strictly space junk perspective, that makes them more of a debris risk than even multiple Starlink fleets in LEO.