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July 6, 2026 ai_technology community

SpaceX burned up 260 of its own satellites in 6 months and this is just routine apparently

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Saw this in an article and it's been on my mind since 260 satellites intentionally burned in the atmosphere in 6 months and another 349 queued. They're planning 42,000 total eventually. No debris which is fine but researchers are asking what happens when you're burning hundreds of massive metal objects in the upper atmosphere repeatedly over years. Aluminum particles, potential atmospheric chemistry changes. Science is still catching up and the FCC is now proposing to exempt satellit

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