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>>alden5+(OP)
Random thought I just had: What are the odds of a rocket launch crossing through one of these laser links on its way to a higher orbit and disrupting traffic for a fraction of a second?

I know space is really big and so the odds of a rocket hitting a satellite on its way up are incredibly low, but now we're talking about lots of lines between each satellite rather than just the satellites themselves. Are the odds still tiny?

Not that it would be a big deal if it happened, just curiosity.

>>why_at+HI5
> the odds of a rocket hitting a satellite on its way up are incredibly low

Aside, but it's not left to chance. They only launch when there's a gap in the space traffic.

>>verste+kK5
Fair, but they don't compute and probably can't know the laser paths between Starlink nodes.