Comment by perihelions
4 days ago
This is a misidentification:
> "The CTC-1 constellation proposes to be at 510 km altitude and 97.4 degrees inclination[0]"
That's an unrelated "CTC-1"; your reference [0] describes American CubeSats. This isn't the Chinese megaconstellation that was just announced; it's a name collision.
The CTC-1 in your link is identified as a trio of CubeSats assigned to the SpaceX rideshare mission Transporter 15. Cross-referencing, SpaceX does show of trio of small satellites by the name "CTC-1" (a,b,c) launched on Transporter 15, on Nov. 28, 2025,
https://www.spacex.com/launches/transporter-15 ("Transporter-15 Mission")
Thanks, I didn't see that. It looks like the satellites may actually be at 800 km, which is worse. At that altitude the natural decay lifespan is ~300 years.[0]
[0] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Orbital_Debris_Lifet...