Not all satellites are created equal.
Out of the nearly 10,000 satellites in orbit today, two-thirds belong to SpaceXs broadband constellation, Starlink.
Those numbers are giving us major Kessler Syndrome anxiety.
SpaceX wants to build an internet constellation of 42,000 satellites in low Earth orbit.Photo: SpaceX
At the end of their short lifespan, the satellites generate pollutants as they fall through the atmosphere.
We were one of the first teams to look at what the implication of these facts might be.
It only gets worse from here.
Just when things were starting to look up for Earths ozone layer.
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