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Letter: Elon Musk's satellite plan is a great deal of garbage (2)

Published 28 November 2018

From Robert Hill, Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK

Musk's plans require keeping 4425 working satellites in orbit. If each lasts an average of five years, the replacement rate would be 17 satellites a week. This would be several times the current total world launch rate for all purposes.

Issue no. 3206 published 1 December 2018

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