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   Frederic Jacobs (fj@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 19-Feb-2024 16:28:19 JST Frederic Jacobs

   ~100 more Starlink v1 satellites will be burning up in the upper atmosphere in the next 6 months, bringing up the total number of de-orbited Starlink satellites to ~500 out of 6000 launched
   https://api.starlink.com/public-files/Commitment%20to%20Space%20Sustainability.pdf

   De-orbiting satellites by burning them up did work when the volume of satellites was small, but already 10% of aerosol particules in the stratosphere contain aluminum/other metals.
   The problem is only going to get worse with the launch of megaconstellations https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2313374120

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   Prof. Sam Lawler (sundogplanets@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 23-Jan-2024 13:36:00 JST Prof. Sam Lawler

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   @libroraptor @mikeolson they are absolutely not thinking about the consequences of adding so much metal to the atmosphere. It doesn't magically disappear. Outer space isn't legally considered an environment so they don't have to do any environmental assessment work. They're already detecting dust from satellites/rockets in the stratosphere, and it's going to get much, much worse: https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2313374120