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Falling Starlink Satellites Could Be Having An Alarming Effect On The Earth's Atmosphere

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Satellites and other objects falling from orbit into our atmosphere tend to burn up, but can that harm our atmospheres in ways we don't understand yet?
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Researchers are calling for a thorough assessment of the environmental impact as more and more Starlink satellites re-enter the atmosphere.

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Between December 2025 and May 2026, SpaceX deliberately precipitated 260 Starlink satellites into total combustion in the atmosphere. The information appears in a semi-annual repository submitted by the company to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the regulator of the sector. This figure exceeds that of the previous semester, where 218 satellites had experienced the same fate. Of the 260 units destroyed this time, 176 belonged to…

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L'EnerGeek broke the news on Monday, July 13, 2026.
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