isaackuo,
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@cstross

What you're suggesting pretty much can't be done, in terms of orbital mechanics. In order to achieve global coverage from LEO satellites, they need to be in a bunch of different orbital planes.

(And also, in LEO it takes a lot of fuel to do orbital plane changes.)

So that means it's impossible for a Starship upper stage to pick up more than a few of them for return.

It makes more fiscal sense to just let them burn up in the atmosphere and let others pay the externalities.

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