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‘This feels fragile’: how a satellite-smashing chain reaction could spiral out of control

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‘This feels fragile’: how a satellite-smashing chain reaction could spiral out of control

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Space@beehaw.org · 2 months ago

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Today, the space around Earth can no longer be considered empty. More than 30,000 objects are in orbit, and that figure is rising exponentially

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This is an especially salient article given that another Starlink just blew up.

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