Submitted by DevilsRefugee t3_11djjvb in space
Brusion t1_ja97bc0 wrote
Reply to comment by Pigs_in_the_Porridge in Who pays for space debris removal? by DevilsRefugee
If you're talking about Starlink, those are self clearing orbits. Anything without propulsion clears in VLEO/LEO from 3 months to 3 years. Hence why those satellites have ion thrusters. The issue is higher orbits, where they are not self clearing.
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