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SpaceX Claims To Have Redesigned Its Starlink Satellites To Eliminate Casualty Risks - IEEE Spectrum
SpaceX has always claimed that the design of its Starlink satellites would evolve. Now, it says that, at the most, the first 75 Starlinks will include an iron thruster and steel reaction wheels likely to survive re-entry. Any built subsequently will “use components that will demise fully in the atmosphere,” wrote the company. No satellites at all will be deployed with the silicon carbide components described in its initial filing.