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A Starlink satellite broke apart in orbit after suffering an unexplained "anomaly"
(www.scientificamerican.com)
this post was submitted on 02 Apr 2026
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Ok hear me out... MAGNETS
Hundreds of em all in a big ball. Tie it to a counterweight and then spin that fucker through lower orbit like a skip-it and soak up all the debris!
Nothing could possibly go wrong.