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Aluminum oxide impacts: “All the satellites could crack open the ozone layer”

From Popular MechanicsJune 17, 2021By Caroline Delbert Excerpt:“We have 54 tonnes (60 tons) of meteoroid material coming in every day,” lead study author Aaron Boley told Space.com. “With the first generation of Starlink, we can expect about 2 tonnes (2.2 tons) of dead satellites reentering Earth’s atmosphere daily. But meteoroids are mostly rock, which isContinue reading “Aluminum oxide impacts: “All the satellites could crack open the ozone layer””

441,449 LOW EARTH ORBIT SATELLITES — Operating, Approved, and Proposed

By Arthur FirstenbergCellphone Task ForceJanuary 5, 2022 PDF While the attention of a terrified world has been riveted on a virus, and while concern about radiation has been focused on 5G on the ground, the assault on the heavens has reached astronomical proportions. During the past two years, the number of satellites circling the earth hasContinue reading “441,449 LOW EARTH ORBIT SATELLITES — Operating, Approved, and Proposed”