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Datacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea. (taranis.ie)
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[โ€“] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Collisions in LEO can chuck debris into orbits which intersect higher orbits. If one of those collides with something in in said higher orbits, you have a problem.

[โ€“] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

It's possible it could go to a higher orbit, but we don't have mega constellations in those orbits. I don't know enough to know how far something could get flung up either, but I suspect if you're in a 5y orbit, you aren't reaching a 50y orbit area, and probably not even a 10y orbit area.