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"Megaconstellations May Be Just 2 Days Away From Causing a Kessler Syndrome" by Anton Petrov (www.youtube.com)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works to c/space@mander.xyz
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EDIT 2026-01-02T10:29Z: Whoops! The paper that this video is referencing ^[1.1]^ appears to have already been shared in this community ^[2]^ — I didn't notice it before I posted this. I didn't mean to repost it through this video ^[1.1]^. Hopefully the video coverage ^[1]^ adds some context, and isn't just considered spam.

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  1. Type: Video. Title: "Megaconstellations May Be Just 2 Days Away From Causing a Kessler Syndrome". Author: "Anton Petrov". Publisher: YouTube. Published: 2026-01-01T22:00:38Z. Accessed: 2026-01-02T10:23Z. URI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b66ZZ05wKC0.
    1. Type: Text. Location: "Description" (XPath: //*[@id="description"])>¶2.

      […] in this video, we will talk about the Kessler syndrome and a new unnerving study about megaconstellations […] https://arxiv.org/pdf/2512.09643 […]

  2. Type: Post. Title: "An Orbital House of Cards: Frequent Megaconstellation Close Conjunctions". Author: "@cm0002@libretechni.ca". Publisher: ["sh.itjust.works">"Space" ("!space@mander.xyz")]. Published: 2025-12-11T16:03:17Z. Accessed: 2026-01-02T10:38Z. URI: https://sh.itjust.works/post/51405935.
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[–] Smeagol666@mander.xyz 1 points 5 hours ago

It's weird that I haven't seen this yet since I'm subbed on YT. It seems YT would rather shove AI slop in my face than show me things I'd actually like to watch.

[–] burble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 week ago

Topical:

https://www.businessinsider.com/spacex-moves-thousands-starlink-satellites-orbit-near-miss-2026-1

So, between the slightly exploded Starlink and the near miss with a Chinese satellite that dove into the deep end without looking... They must actually be scared if they're lowering the orbits of 4400 satellites.