Satellites Used to Have Months to Avoid Collisions—Now They Have Days In the era of mega constellations, spacecraft typically have less than a week to avoid crashes

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With Space Junk on the Rise, Is a Catastrophic Event Inevitable? Debris from rockets and satellites can fall back to Earth or collide with other objects, and wreckage that burns up can harm the ozone layer

With Space Junk on the Rise, Is a Catastrophic Event Inevitable?: Debris from rockets and satellites can fall back to Earth or collide with other objects, and wreckage that burns up can harm the ozone layer @SmithsonianMag #SpaceJunk #SpaceDebris #SatelliteCollisions #OzoneLayer #SpaceSafety

The Surprising Link Between CO2 Levels and Satellite Collisions Climate change isn’t just warming the planet—it’s reshaping space. As greenhouse gases trap heat in the lower atmosphere, the upper atmosphere cools and contracts, reducing the drag that naturally...

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