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Starlinks Have Median Operational Life of 5.3 Years: Astronomer

Based on data from reentries, the median operational lifetime of a SpaceX Starlink satellite appears to be 5.3 years, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics astronomer Jonathan McDowell wrote Tuesday on X.

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