SpaceX’s Satellites Are Falling From the Sky Every Single Day
Starlink satellites are falling back to Earth daily, with 1-2 out of 8,000 satellites de-orbiting every day.
If Starlink continues to scale up operations, there could be as many as 5 satellites falling daily.
- Starlink constellations contribute to the growing amount of space junk in low-Earth orbit.
- Other companies, such as Amazon and Kuiper, plan to launch thousands of satellites, adding to the problem.
- Chinese systems are predicted to add another 20,000 satellites to the mix.
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s... probably a hunk of trash metal from yet another de-orbited Starlink satellite burning up in the atmosphere.
Author's summary: SpaceX's Starlink satellites are falling daily, contributing to space junk.