The press release states the same safety plan SpaceX has been stating. We'll get to see if it works (which I expect it to), but shouldn't assume it already has.
I fully expect they will. But I want to actually see it happen instead of just blindly regurgitating corporate statements that it won't be a worry in the near future.
Unlike a lot of their claims, this is basic physics. Why would you need to see it happen? Like, you didn't answer my question. It wasn't about what you expect. I asked how anything else could happen.
Their statement wasn't "this time it will deorbit" It was "as always, this and all starlink satellites were designed to deorbit". There is no reason anything else will happen (I don't know enough to say if there is a 1/1000000 chance that some atmospheric disturbance could add extra energy and push them up). However, as a rule, I don't want to base anything on Starlinks standard disclaimer.
Physics decides that. There's no need to trust SpaceX at all. The satellites will deorbit within a few days. These things aren't magic. If a corporation says gravity pulls you toward the Earth, you shouldn't suddenly start doubting that gravity pulls you downwards until it does.
