Hacker News: pietro42https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=pietro42Hacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Tue, 28 Jul 2026 04:38:22 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by pietro42 in "Google Nears $1 Billion Investment in SpaceX"]]>If my napkin-calculations are correct, 4025 stats @ 1100 km LEO orbit would occupy 0.0000000573% of the sky - so not a real problem, I believe ;) (if they are in the same plane, that is and each have 10mx10mx10m bounding area...)

  ((10/1000)**2*4025)/(4*pi*(6371+1100)**2)*100 %

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