[mandeepj]

> the useful lifespan of the gpus in 4-6 years. Sooo what happens when you need to upgrade or repair?

Average life of starlink satellite is around 4-5 years

[imglorp]

Starlink yes, at 480 km LEO. But the article says "put AI satellites into deep space". Also if you think about it, LEO orbits have dark periods so not great.

A better orbit might be Sun Synchronous (SSO) which is around 705 km, still not "deep space" but reachable for maintenance or short life deorbit if that's the plan. https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/catalog-of-...

And of course there are the LaGrange points which have no reason to deorbit, just keep using the old ones and adding newer.

[lesostep]

damn. at this point its not even about a pretense for progress, just a fetish for a very dirty space

[nolok]

It's essentially a military network (which is why other power sphere want their own) and a way to feed money into spacex

[infinitewars]

Correct, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Dome_(missile_defense_s...

[bigyabai]

Stop linking this same Wikipedia page if you're not going to expound it with further details or evidence. I'm holding you accountable for following HN guidelines here.

[MPSimmons]

They re-enter and burn up entirely. Old starlinks don't stay in space.

[yencabulator]

They won't if you "put AI satellites into deep space", as the article says.

[youngtaff]

So they pollute the upper atmosphere instead!

[youngtaff]

Down voting doesn't make that statement any less true…