Concerns grow after spate of social media posts showing SpaceX Starlink satellites burning in the sky — we are currently seeing a ‘couple of satellite re-entries a day,’ says respected astrophysicist

Tychoxii [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net · 3 days ago

Concerns grow after spate of social media posts showing SpaceX Starlink satellites burning in the sky — we are currently seeing a ‘couple of satellite re-entries a day,’ says respected astrophysicist

mx_oceanwater_they_them [none/use name]@hexbear.net · edit-2 2 days ago

30 kilograms of Aluminium-oxide per satellite btw. And its multiple per day. The kind of mass and local concentration makes it different from the cosmic Dust the earth is bombarded by 24/7.