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   Prof. Sam Lawler (sundogplanets@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Jul-2026 06:34:28 JST Prof. Sam Lawler

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   The Conversation article above describes a collision scenario more in detail. It takes months to catalogue new debris from collisions, and in the the mean time, additional collisions can happen. That potential collisional runaway is the Kessler Syndrome, the worst-case scenario in orbit (explainer here: https://theconversation.com/too-many-satellites-earths-orbit-is-on-track-for-a-catastrophe-but-we-can-stop-it-275430)

   The CRASH Clock is not a countdown to Kessler, but any major collision in orbit, especially in Starlink's super-dense orbit, will be an extremely bad day.