
An artist’s impression of a Starlink satellite in orbit
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A fragment of an out-of-control SpaceX Starlink satellite smashed into a farm in Canada last year, New Scientist can reveal – raising questions about the risks of de-orbiting space junk.
“That’ll punch a hole in whatever it lands on, including your head,” says Samantha Lawler, an astronomer at the University of Regina in Canada.
Last July, SpaceX launched a batch of its internet-providing Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket, but a malfunction with the rocket’s upper…
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Publish date : 2025-03-14 15:07:00
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