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Why we need to get serious about solving the space junk problem
ALL eyes are on the COP26 local weather summit, which begins in Glasgow, UK, on Sunday. However amid the “anarchy”, within the phrases of former UK local weather minister Ed Miliband, of the recent section of negotiations , in quieter moments, we’d forged our ideas to an issue quick brewing additional skywards.
In mid 2019, there have been 2000 satellites in orbit. That quantity has now doubled in two years, spurred on by the ambitions of personal communications firms. A 3rd of all satellites belong to only one swarm: Starlink, operated by SpaceX.
Satellites aren’t unhealthy per se, in fact. They’re …