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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