What is Kessler Syndrome? SpaceX's Starlink satellites increase the risk of orbital chaos

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What is Kessler Syndrome? SpaceX's Starlink satellites increase the risk of orbital chaos
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Kessler Syndrome would be disastrous, and any cleanup operation would be akin to 'collecting bullets' from orbit.

, also aim to launch their own mega-constellations, meaning the sky will be even more crowded and the Kessler Effect will be more likely.There's another way of looking at the problem though.

So, maybe Kessler Syndrome has already started? Donald Kessler himself corroborated this notion in a 2012 interview with

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